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Q: "When using
Squirrel Mail I receive the following message(s):
UID COPY failed:
Message copy failed: Disk quota exceeded
COPY failed: Message copy failed: Disk quota exceeded"
A: Do
the following:
- Log into Squirrelmail (Web Mail)
- Select one or two messages at a time and delete
them from your Inbox box
- Then go to you Trash folder and delete
the files from Trash, thus purging
your system of these files.
- Repeat step 2 and 3 again
Once you start purging your email server
of old deleted files, you will have more room to work. You can
then gradually start
to select more files at a time
to delete. Start by deleting and purging one or two messages at a time. Then
try deleted three or four messages at a time, then five or six at a time etc.
until your Inbox and
Trash folders are cleaned up as much as possible.
To avoid this problem in the
future, try the following:
- Log into Squirrelmail
(Web Mail)
- Click on the "Options" link at
the top of the screen
- Then choose "Folder Preferences" from
the right side of screen
- Under "Special Folder Options" at
the top of the screen, Change
the Trash pull down menu to "Do Not Use Trash"
This will automatically
purge your files as soon as you deleted them. Regardless of whether or not
you change this preference or not, you should always be in
the habit of occasionally deleting old or unwanted emails from the server,
especially if they contain large attachments. If you are using
a third party email program
to download email messages from the server (I.e Microsoft Outlook or Outlook
Express) you should have these programs delete the messages from the email
server once they have been download to your PC. Also see:
How can I prevent spam?
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