How To Change Nym Storage Quotas

Freedom Mail System Documentation

Author: Roger McFarlane <roger@zks.net>
Revision: $Revision: 1.2 $
Last Modified: $Date: 2001/04/19 19:28:20 $

Contents

This document outlines the necessary steps and procedures required to modify the maximum amount of storage space which is allocated to a nym.

  1. Changing the quota for new nyms
  2. Changing the quota of existing nyms

1. Changing the quota for new nyms

The quota assigned to new nyms is contained in the authentication certificate which is issued to the nym by the nym server. To change this value, you must modify the following file:

/freedom/etc/freedom-frnscpd.conf

Look for the [NymServer] section and change the mailCert.mailboxLimit parameter to the appropriate value (in kilobytes).

Save and close the file.

Note that the nym server process must be restarted for this change to take effect.

2. Changing the quota of existing nyms

Upon creation of an account, the mail system stores the quota value obtained from the authentication certificate as a parameter of the nym's account. To change the quota for a given nym, do the following steps.

As root on the store, or as alias on the NMTAB, POP, or IMEPB:

  1. go to the nym's account
    cd `frname2account $(cat /freedom/qmail/control/mailroot) {nym-name}`
  2. edit the .quota file
  3. replace its contents with the numerical value of the quota, and the unit in which the quota is expressed. For instance, 7M is seven megabytes and 3072K is 3072 kilobytes or three megabytes.
  4. save and close the file

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