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+# Disk quota usage
+
+Your account has limited disk space. All of your personal files and emails have
+a shard maximum.
+
+Your use of disk space is monitored, and if you use more space than allowed,
+you will automatically receive warnings to free some space: Either delet some
+of your personal files or some of your emails.
+
+/!\ If you fail to free enough disk space to get you below your quota limit,
+then after some days your account will be locked. This affects several
+services, e.g. all emails sent to you will be rejected!
+
+
+## Files
+
+If you use some of your personal [[file shares|files]], then they probably
+consume more space than your emails: Sound, graphics and multimedia files
+are much larger than simple text messages like emails.
+
+## Emails
+
+Consider deleting emails with big attachments. Save the attachements as plain
+files first, if you want them preserved: email attachments consume up to the
+double amount of that used by same documents stored normally.
+
+If you use Apple Mail, your emails may fill up space on the server even when
+deleted in the application. See [[email setup|mail/setup]] for more about the
+problem. To immediately purge deleted emails, do this:
+
+ 1. Open Apple Mail
+ 2. Go to Preferences > Accounts > Advanced
+ 3. Click the button 'Remove Now'.
+
+When you use imap (you probably do), then some routines may not behave as you
+would expect:
+
+ * You may have more folders on the server than shown in your email program.
+ You need to "subscribe" to additional email folders to see them.
+ * It is not enough to "delete" emails. You need to also "purge" the deleted
+ emails to have them completely removed from the system.
+
+
+## Status
+
+Some imap email programs can be configured to show your current quota status.
+
+### Mozilla Thunderbird
+
+ 1. Install the [Display Quota](https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/881/)
+ plugin.
+
+Alternatively, you can enable/tune the builtin quota warnings in
+[Advanced -> General -> Config Editor](http://goddess-gate.com/dc2/index.php/post/268)
+
+### Apple Mail
+
+ 1. Select all mails in current folder with CMD+A
+ 2. Get info on quota with CMD+I
+
+### IMP webmail
+
+ 1. Enter "Layout" in the top panel to the right
+ 2. Select "Account information" and choose "Add"
+ 3. Select "Save"