[Dovecot] deliver + quota

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Wed Nov 3 12:31:39 EET 2010


On 3.11.2010, at 10.16, Manuel Mausz wrote:

>> # Directory in which LDA/LMTP temporarily stores incoming mails >128 kB.
>> #mail_temp_dir = /tmp
> 
> thanks for pointing that new configuration variable out. I've backported
> your patch to v1.2 and it's working fine now.
> I guess this temporary file is needed for supporting mbox but why is it
> needed for maildir?

It's mainly needed for Sieve, which needs to be able to read the mail before it decides where it should be saved to. Hmm. I guess I could see about disabling it entirely when Sieve isn't used.



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