On Tuesday 04 November 2003 10:39, Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
>> >Just an example from our mail server (ca 300 users):
>> >
>> >root@data2:/data# du -h --max-depth=1 | grep MAIL
>> >21G     ./MAIL
>>
>> Good grief Toomas!  Can you not institute a mail box size limit,
>> about 10 megs maybe?
>
>No no no. That's completely wrong. Disk is cheap, and the user is
> king. Remember, the user is paying to use the system, not make it
> easy for us sysadmins to keep it running.

Maybe, but there should be some sort of an abuse penalty 
none-the-less.  But then as you say, disk is cheap these days, and I 
shouldn't try to tell you how to run your business.  My apologies.

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