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From: davidc@vlsisj.VLSI.COM (David Chapman)
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Subject: Re: How can I remain calm?
Message-ID: <15362@vlsisj.VLSI.COM>
Date: 14 Oct 89 02:40:29 GMT
References: <1989Oct11.211031.10051@ee.rochester.edu> <1989Oct11.215444.11983@rpi.edu> <35575@apple.Apple.COM> <1989Oct11.235318.23465@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1989Oct11.235318.23465@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
<chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
<>>brodie@moocow.mcw.edu requested the sys file of every site in the
<>>world with a "sendsys" control message.
<
<>Gads. I hope he has a *large* disk in /usr/spool/mail.
<
<Actually, he's on a VMS machine, so the mail goes directly into his mail
<folder analogue. He _might_ be safe if on a quota'd disk, since overquota
<mail might just be bounced --- unless mail has exquota privs. In that
<case, it's hello full user disk, and probably bye bye any mail (since
<the only reasonable recovery is mass delete).

I don't know about net mail bouncing, but at our site under DECnet (local) the 
message simply isn't sent when the recipient's quota is exceeded, so we don't
have to worry about one user taking over the whole disk.  I don't know if you 
can change mail's privileges under VMS, so I can't guarantee his safety on his 
system. :-)
-- 
		David Chapman

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