Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site byucsa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!noao!terak!asuvax!byucsa!chris From: chris@byucsa.UUCP (Chris J. Grevstad) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: mail and disk quotas Message-ID: <257@byucsa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 11:38:23 EST Article-I.D.: byucsa.257 Posted: Thu Dec 6 11:38:23 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:53:10 EST References: <6183@brl-tgr.ARPA> <302@sdchema.UUCP>, <170@uwai.UUCP> Organization: The Zoo Lines: 19 >> The mail spool is a particular nuisance as other users can >> force someone over quota by blasting mail at them. >> I haven't had it happen here but I would assume that >> mail starts falling off the floor. > >How does this happen? Don't tell me you put quotas on /usr!!! People's >stuff queued up in /usr/spool/* shouldn't affect their disk quotas >as long as you haven't gone and done this questionable thing. I think putting quotas on /usr is a valid thing to do when when you have users who archive (and consequently bypass their quotas) by mailing their files to themselves. -- Chris Grevstad {ihnp4,noao,mcnc,utah-cs}!arizona!byucsa!chris Save the Shrimps!