Mailbox warnings...

[Boobic]

I recently ran out of space on my scalix server so went with the option of issuing warnings and preventing send/receive emails when transgressors went beyond the set limits.

It worked like a dream except for one thing.

When users were prevented from sending emails due to their mailboxes being larger than the allocated size there was a problem. Which was, even though the users cleared emails below the limit, they were still prevented from sending emails. The only way I could allow them to send emails was by removing the limits completely.

I assume that had I left things as they were, then they would have been able to send emails when scalix checked their mailbox sizes during the night to issue warnings. Of course, in a very mail busy environment, I couldn't justify preventing someone from sending or receiving emails for 24 hours after they had obeyed our edicts.

Is there a way I can force the server to revisit the mailbox size limits from the SAC? Or conversely is there a tool I can use.

Sorry if there is an obvious answer folks, but I'm a newbie to Linux and Scalix being more used to (dare I say) Windows and Exchange server....

[dannyt]

Hi,

Please post a bit more details of your outgoing mail limit setup because what you are observing is a bit odd - reducing the mailbox size should allow sending mail again. It is worth checking the user mailbox sizes (e.g. omscan -A -U <user>) to see if they match up with expectations.

Regards,
Danny