dovecot - Feb 2009 - quota - implement via dovecot or postfix? which is easier ?

Guys,

i m new to dovecot. I m setting up a new mailserver  and planning to run dovecot
and postfix of a centos 5.2 box.
I have been reading of quota management from various sources and understand that
mail box quota can be implemented either thru postfix ( with vda patch ) or thru
dovecot.

i rather not patch postfix and m therefore leaning towards quota via dovecot.
But after reading some posts ,etc, it seems that the information on the dovecot
wiki is inaccurate.

A.Any comments on this?
B. Am i right in concluding that its easier and better in the long run to
implement and enforce quotas thru dovecot instead of postfix?
C. The right instructions for implementing quota thru dovecot?

Regards,
marco.

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009, Linux Advocate wrote:
> i rather not patch postfix and m therefore leaning towards quota via
dovecot. But after reading some posts ,etc, it seems that the information on the
dovecot wiki is inaccurate.
> 
> A.Any comments on this?
To which posts are you referring?
> B. Am i right in concluding that its easier and better in the long run to
implement and enforce quotas thru dovecot instead of postfix?
Depends on your environment, requirements, and a number of other variables.
I implement quotas through dovecot.
> C. The right instructions for implementing quota thru dovecot?
I followed the instructions on the wiki.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>

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On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Linux Advocate wrote:
> B. Am i right in concluding that its easier and better in the long run 
> to implement and enforce quotas thru dovecot instead of postfix?
If you enforce quota with postfix only, the quota effects mail deliveries 
via SMTP only, but not when IMAP users upload stuff.

Bye,

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Steffen Kaiser
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> 
> > B. Am i right in concluding that its easier and better in the long run
to
> implement and enforce quotas thru dovecot instead of postfix?
> 
> If you enforce quota with postfix only, the quota effects mail deliveries
via
> SMTP only, but not when IMAP users upload stuff.
> 
Steffen, this i did not know. My understanding was that imap only reads what is
stored, its is postfix and the LDA that actually writes to the mail box.


Regards,
marco