Re: Dovecot 2.4 SETQUOTA, how to allow (admin) users to set quota (and write it back to LDAP)

Johannes Nohl via dovecot <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:08:40 +0000
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Am Mo 13.04.26 , schrieb Aki Tuomi:


> > On 13/04/2026 14:11 EEST Johannes Nohl via dovecot <[email protected]:
> > 
> > 
> > Is it true that Dovecot dismissed the functionality of SETQUOTA with version 2.4.0 - without any replacement?
> > see > > https://dovecot.org/mailman3/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UYNR6GBP25XEGFCS633SWPR4HXV3NSS3/
> > 
> There has never been LDAP write support in Dovecot, so using SETQUOTA would've been useless.
> 
> I would recommend managing quota with something else than over IMAP.

Dear Aki, 
just to clarify, I understand there's no write support for LDAP. Does dovecot 2.4.x comes with any other mechanism to receive SETQUOTA (storage in e.g. text file)? Can I use any similar to `quota_set` option, not necessarily related to LDAP? Thanks. 
-- Johannes Nohl
[email protected]

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