dovecot - May 2007 - Conflict -> Dovecot + Maildrop (maildirsize)

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I'm having some problems with quota from sql (maildir++) and dovecot +
maildrop.
I'm using maildrop for MDA and dovecot as IMAP server.
When an e-mail arrives, maildrop calculates the quota and updates the
'maildirsize' file. When i use dovecot (webmail, thunderbird) it updates
the 'maildirsize' too, overwriting it, but in a different way.
Both programas don't use the same pattern for 'maildirsize'.
Let me show:

'maildirsize' with maildrop:
"
1073741824S
   117395679         1760
        3675            1
        3675            1
        1610            1
        1612            1
        3222            2
        9641            1
        9641            1
        5301            1
        6415            1
       11716            2
       15419            1
       15419            1
"

'maildirsize' with dovecot:
"
1099511627776S
585847701 102542
5504023 959
"

In both examples the quota is 1GB (1073741824S).
And now ? Does anybody known how to fix that ?


thanks
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Roberto Gonzalez Azevedo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:23 -0300, Roberto Gonzalez Azevedo
wrote:
> 'maildirsize' with dovecot:
> "
> 1099511627776S
> 585847701 102542
> 5504023 959
> "
> 
> In both examples the quota is 1GB (1073741824S).
> And now ? Does anybody known how to fix that ?
Looks like you're trying to tell the quota in bytes to Dovecot. Dovecot
wants it to be in kilobytes in its configuration file / userdb (it still
writes it in bytes to maildirsize, as you can see above it writes 1GB *
1024 value in there).

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Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:23 -0300, Roberto Gonzalez Azevedo wrote:
>   
>> 'maildirsize' with dovecot:
>> "
>> 1099511627776S
>> 585847701 102542
>> 5504023 959
>> "
>>
>> In both examples the quota is 1GB (1073741824S).
>> And now ? Does anybody known how to fix that ?
>>     
>
> Looks like you're trying to tell the quota in bytes to Dovecot. Dovecot
> wants it to be in kilobytes in its configuration file / userdb (it still
> writes it in bytes to maildirsize, as you can see above it writes 1GB *
> 1024 value in there).
>
>   
Ok, but it ('Looks like you're trying to tell the quota in bytes to 
Dovecot')
isn't the problem, yet ;). I'll try to figure out the problem.
Example:

Some user has 1GB quota, and has 512MB used. When an e-mails arrives
maildrop recalculates the quota (513MB). Then, using dovecot, the user
deletes some e-mails and, now, 'maildirsize' is overwritten, but in a 
different
pattern, so there's an inconsistency with the new 'maildirsize'. It 
isn't 511MB
or less, it starts from beginning (1MB). A 'new' 'maildirsize'
file.
That's the problem. Does somebody known how to fix it ?

Thanks.

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Roberto Gonzalez Azevedo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

> As I said in my original mail, this is simply a configuration issue:
> 
> Looks like you're trying to tell the quota in bytes to Dovecot. Dovecot
> wants it to be in kilobytes in its configuration file / userdb (it still
> writes it in bytes to maildirsize, as you can see above it writes 1GB *
> 1024 value in there).
> 
> Where do you get the quota value for Dovecot? Divide it by 1024 and
> it'll work right.
I also use maildrop + dovecot. My quotas are stored in a mysql DB in
couriers expected format: 50000000S (note the S on the end for storage).
It makes for a very ugly userdb query trying to get that formatted to
dovecot style of "maildir:storage=48828:ignore=Trash"

How much would it take to allow dovecot's quota plugin to alternately
accept "maildir:50000000S:ignore=Trash"? 
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Kenny Dail <kend at amigo.net>