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Date:      12 Jan 2004 11:29:48 -0500
From:      Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org>
To:        Greg Bernard <bsd@todoo.biz>
Cc:        'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Other ways than quotas to limit mail files size ??
Message-ID:  <u2sr7y52kqr.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BC276F8C.2330A%bsd@todoo.biz>
References:  <BC276F8C.2330A%bsd@todoo.biz>

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Greg Bernard <bsd@todoo.biz> writes:

> Is there another way to limit the amount of space occupied by mail files on
> a per user basis using another method than quotas ?
> 
> I would like to limit the amount of space available for each user's e.mail
> so e.mail file size will not go crazy.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your advices...
> 

I've never tried this, but it should work: set up a vn(4) disk of the right
size, and arrange for the user's spool to be on its mountpoint. See
vnconfig(8) for setup examples.

-- 

  Dan Pelleg



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