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"Disk Quota Exceeded" errors in emails

  • Applies to: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

  • Difficulty: Easy

  • Time needed: 10 minutes

  • Tools needed: Plesk administrator access

 
  • Applies to: (dv) 4.0
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Time: 10
    • Tools needed: Plesk administrator access
  • Applies to: (dv) 3.5
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Time: 10
    • Tools needed: Plesk administrator access

Overview

This error occurs when you have a disk quota for an account exceeded, or one of your email users no longer has enough space for the message being sent to them.

End of Life Warning

This service has a pending End of Life. Please move to a current service as soon as possible. For more information, please see: (dv) Dedicated-Virtual 4.0: Migration Information.

Symptoms

  • You can no longer receive emails.
  • Emails bounce with a Disk Quota Exceeded error.
  • Webmail stops working.
  • Cannot upload using FTP, et cetra.

Instructions

Email quotas are defined by the Service Plan for your subscription. For more information on subscriptions, please see:

  1. Log into your Plesk Server Administration Panel, see Figure 1.

    plesk10_defaultscreen
    Figure 1: Server Administration Panel

  2. Click on Service Plans and select the plan you would like to edit.
  3. From the Resources tab, scroll down to Mailbox size.
  4. Enter the size and click the OK button.

Check mailbox quota for a specific email user

  1. Log into Plesk.
  2. Click on Domains:

    Choose Domains

  3. Click on the domain in question:

    Click on your domain

  4. Click on Mail:

    click on mail icon

  5. Select the user you wish to check:

    click on email user

  6. Click on Mailbox:

    mailbox

  7. Now you can view the user's quota. Adjust the settings, if necessary.

    mailboxquota

Check disk space and mailbox limits for a specific domain

  1. Log into Plesk.
  2. Click on Domains:

    choose domains

  3. Click on the domain in question:

    click on your domain

  4. Click on Limits:

    click on limits

  5. Check Disk space and Set the mailbox quota. Adjust the settings if necessary:

    show limits

Check the disk quota for your entire service

  1. Login to Plesk.
  2. Click on Virtuozzo:

    Virtuozzo

  3. Click on Resources:

    click on resources

  4. View your current Disk Usage:

    disk usage total

  5. If you are out of disk space for your entire server you can either remove files or upgrade your service using the AccountCenter.

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