Re: [webmin-l] usermin delete messages problem

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 16/May/2006 04:34 Obantec Support wrote ..
> Hi
> 
> I have a user who's spam file is 120MB (he never users usermin to check
> false positives).
> He wanted to make space as he is close to his quota so i suggested he look
> to his spam file and delete any or all.
> 
> now the problem is if he selects say 10 mails and hits delete he gets an
> over quota message and cannot proceed.
> i guess usermin is creating a temporary file which adds to his quota and
> stops this action.
> 
> i don't want to have to intervene when  a user has this problem.
> 
> option1 have usermin use a file not owned by the user for the deletion
> (if
> that is the case)
> option2 anyone got a cron script to check the spam file for older than
> "n"
> days and delete those spams.

The next release of Usermin will include a feature for setting up automatic
scheduled deletion of mail in a folder that is over some limit, such as more
than 10 days old. However, that may not help in this case, as the automatic
deletion would fail too for the same reason!

The only real solution is to use a mail format that allows deletions without
having to write out a temp file, such as Maildir.

 - Jamie