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From: perf@efd.lth.se (Per Foreby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: mail spool used to store files.
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Date: 11 Oct 90 17:06:10 GMT
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Organization: EFD, Lund Inst. of Technology, Lund, Sweden
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We have a system with diskquota enabled. Some students have found a
way to get more quota by storing in their mail file in
/usr/spool/mail.

We have thought of two solutions:

	1. Enable quotas on the spool disk. Limits the problem but
           doesn't solve it. And, if a user get lots of mail...
	   
	2. Keep spool files in the users home-directory. Has the 
	   the same disadvantages.

If you have any good ideas, email them to me. I'll summarize.
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Per Foreby					Email: perf@efd.lth.se
System manager at EFD, Lund Institute of Technology (Lund University)
Snail: E-huset, LTH, Box 118, S-221 00 LUND, Sweden. Phone: +46 46 107492