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docs: Revise the quota section 

Minor revisions with phrasing, admonitions for structure and better explanation of the feature functionality/purpose.
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### Quotas ### Quotas
Enables the capability for a mail client to query the storage usage and limit (quota) of a mailbox. !!! info
- **Not implemented** for the LDAP provisioner (_PR welcome! [feature request with implementation advice][gh-issue::dms-feature-request::dovecot-quotas-ldap]_) Enables mail clients with the capability to query a mailbox for disk-space used and capacity limit.
- The [Dovecot `imap-quota` plugin][dovecot-docs::plugin::imap-quota] is enabled by default. Opt-out via [`ENABLE_QUOTAS=0`][docs::env::enable-quotas]
- This feature is enabled by default, opt-out via [`ENABLE_QUOTAS=0`][docs::env::enable-quotas]
- **Not implemented** for the LDAP provisioner (_PR welcome! View the [feature request for implementation advice][gh-issue::dms-feature-request::dovecot-quotas-ldap]_)
!!! tip "How are quotas useful?"
Without quota limits for disk storage, a mailbox could fill up the available storage which would cause delivery failures to all mailboxes.
Quotas help by preventing that abuse, so that only a mailbox exceeding the assigned quota experiences a delivery failure instead of negatively impacting others (_provided disk space is available_).
??? abstract "Technical Details" ??? abstract "Technical Details"
The [Dovecot quotas feature][gh-pr::dms-feature::dovecot-quotas] is configured to use the [`count` quota backend][dovecot-docs::config::quota-backend-count]. The [Dovecot Quotas feature][gh-pr::dms-feature::dovecot-quotas] is configured by enabling the [Dovecot `imap-quota` plugin][dovecot-docs::plugin::imap-quota] and using the [`count` quota backend][dovecot-docs::config::quota-backend-count].
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