What is the "quota" listed in folder properties?

Evolution gets the quota information from the mail server, and you'll have to
configure the quota on the mail server itself.

As for displaying the usage, after quick perusal of Evolution 2.26.1 sources, it appears to me
that there is no other way to see the usage than as a percentage used.

If Evolution does in fact get the quota from the server, that would be
OK. However, I looked at a number of folders and they all showed
using 3% of quota, except for some which had no entry at all on % of
quota. I summed the sizes of all items in one folder which showed 3%.
 That total came to 1% of the quota (as listed by my isp.) What am I
missing? Is there a way to get from Evolution what it is using as the
quota?

Thanks,
-Denis

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Ville
Aine<email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #79583 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/79583
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ville Aine proposed the following answer:
> Evolution gets the quota information from the mail server, and you'll have to
> configure the quota on the mail server itself.
>
> As for displaying the usage, after quick perusal of Evolution 2.26.1 sources, it appears to me
> that there is no other way to see the usage than as a percentage used.
>
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More info--perhaps it can be considered solved. I sent myself a
message of size about 1/2 the quota, and the % changed to 55%, so I
guess Evolution has the right quota. Why the 1%/3% discrepancy occurs
is not known, but perhaps it does not matter as long as the larger
percentages are closer to correct.

-Denis

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Ville
Aine<email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #79583 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/79583
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ville Aine proposed the following answer:
> Evolution gets the quota information from the mail server, and you'll have to
> configure the quota on the mail server itself.
>
> As for displaying the usage, after quick perusal of Evolution 2.26.1 sources, it appears to me
> that there is no other way to see the usage than as a percentage used.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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Is it possible that a quota usage shown for any particular folder is actually the total amount of
quota used for the whole email account? It just seems fishy that all folders just happen to use
the same 3% of the quota...