QUOTA(8)

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version 3.12.3 · 6 versions
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💅 QUOTA — the Cyrus IMAP glow-up report 💅

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because quota from the Cyrus IMAP suite is about to tell you everything about your storage and message quota usage — and if you ask nicely, it'll fix the mess too. This is the quota(8) manual page, and yes it's giving main character energy. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

quota — Cyrus IMAP documentation, fr fr.

It reports — and optionally fixes — storage and message quota usage. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

quota [ -C config-file ] [ -d domain ] [ -f ] [ -u ] [ mailbox-spec... ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, quota generates a report listing quota roots, and it gives you their limits and their usage. periodt. 👑

If the -f option is specified, quota first fixes any inconsistencies in the quota subsystem — things like mailboxes with the wrong quota root, or quota roots with the wrong quota usage reported. It's the cleanup era. 🧹✨

If an optional domain is specified with the -d option, the quota listing (and any inconsistency fixing) is performed only in that domain rather than all mailboxes. Keep it scoped, bestie.

If one or more mailbox-spec arguments are specified, these are interpreted as mailbox prefixes, and the quota listing (and inconsistency fixing) is limited to quota roots with names that start with one of the given prefixes. If the -u is provided, mailbox-spec arguments are instead interpreted as userids, and the quota listing (and inconsistency fixing) is limited to quota roots for only the specified users.

⚠️ WARNING: Running quota with both the -f option and mailbox-spec arguments is not recommended. Like, don't. 🙈

quota reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -C config-file — Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).
  • -d domain, --domain domain — List and/or fix quota only in domain.
  • -f, --fix — Detect and fix any inconsistencies in the quota subsystem before generating a report.
  • -n, --report-only — Check for any inconsistencies in the quota subsystem but don't actually fix them. Use with -f and -q to only see what's incorrect. (look, don't touch 🫶)
  • -q, --quiet — Operate quietly. If -f is specified, then don't print the quota values, only print messages when things are changed.
  • -J, --json — Output the quota values as JSON for automated tooling support. 🤖
  • -u, --userids — Interpret mailbox-spec arguments as userids. The default is to interpret them as mailbox prefixes.
  • mailbox-spec — Only report and/or fix quota in mailboxes matching the specified mailbox-spec arguments. See also -u.

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

quota

List quotas for all users and mailboxes. the whole roster, bestie 💅

🍓 FILES 🍓

/etc/imapd.conf

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

imapd.conf(5)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Cyrus Team, Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems), Nic Bernstein (Onlight) — icons, all of them, no cap. 🫶

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅✨ this was QUOTA(8) from Cyrus IMAP, version 3.12.3, dated Jul 15, 2026 — now go check your quotas bestie, your mailbox called and it's asking for help 😭🎀

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