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Ignore Trash folder in mailbox quota

Per-user mailbox quota rule is defined in Dovecot, in one of below files:

• /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf: MySQL backend
• /etc/dovecot/dovecot-pgsql.conf: PostgreSQL backend

If no per-user quota rules found, Dovecot will use quota_rule[X] defined in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. For example:

# File: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

plugin {

    quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict
    quota_rule = *:storage=1G
    #quota_rule2 = *:messages=0
    #quota_rule3 = Trash:storage=1G
    #quota_rule4 = Junk:ignore

    ...
}

So, if you want to ignore quota of Trash folder, you can add new quota_rule in either /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf or /etc/dovecot/dovecot-{mysql,pgsql,ldap}.conf.

• Sample setting #1:

# File: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

plugin {

    quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict
    quota_rule = *:storage=1G
    quota_rule2 = Trash:ignore      # <-- new quota rule, ignore Trash folder

    ...
}

• Sample setting #2:

# File: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
user_attrs      = ...,mailQuota=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$,=quota_rule2=Trash:ignore

# File: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf, or dovecot-pgsql.conf
user_query = SELECT ... \
                   CONCAT('*:bytes=', mailbox.quota*1048576) AS quota_rule \
                   'Trash:ignore' AS quota_rule2 \      -- New quota rule, ignore Trash folder
                   FROM ...