The Problem

Exceeding your account's disk quota limit

The Solutions

How to check your account's overall disk space use

How to identify files & folders that use the most disk space

How to reduce disk space use if you work with web pages

How to Manage Your Disk Quota

1. Refer to the names of the last 4 or 5 folders that you wrote down when you used the du -ak | sort -n command so you know which folders to focus on when you want to remove (delete) files.
2. Log on to Webmail as you normally do.
3. Click the Empty Trash link if it appears at the top of your screen.
4. Click Options at the top of the screen.
5. Under Mail Management, select Deleting and Moving Messages.
   1. The first box should have a checkmark.
   2. The second box should NOT have a checkmark.
   3. Click Save Options.
6. Check your folder list at the top right of the screen.
7. Review each folder you think may contain large messages. The sent-mail folder is usually a good one to check.
8. When the message list for the folder is on the screen, click the word Size on the right-hand side of the screen. This action will list the messages by size—from the largest to the smallest.
9. Delete any large messages that you don't need to keep. To delete e-mail from the folder list follow these steps:
   1. Click the box to the left of the message.
   2. Click Delete at the top of that column.
   3. Click Purge Deleted (the top right of the message list).
10. Minimize the e-mail program window.
11. Maximize the SSH window. After you remove (delete) files, recheck your overall disk space.
12. If your account is still over its disk quota limit, maximize the e-mail program window and remove (delete) more messages.
13. Switch back and forth between the e-mail program window and the SSH window to remove (delete) files until your account is below its disk quota limit.
14. Close any windows you no longer need.

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