Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to pre-check for existing
aliases. What I did was modify my script so that it checks a list of "no
no" words ahead of time before it allows someone to use that for their
email address. What I've done is just type the aliases I'm using into
this list, so that if someone tries to pick an existing alias for their
email, it will ask them to choose another name...
Jerry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:36:38 -0400
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [IMail Forum] Allowing users to add themselves
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>When creating a script to allow users to add themselves to an external
>database,
>how do I check to see if an Alias has already been created for that same
>address?
>
>Where do I have it look to see if there has been an alias already
>created? The
>external database only stores the primary email address. But say for
>example, I
>have an alias called [EMAIL PROTECTED] going to my main address, and then
>someone
>tries to signup as [EMAIL PROTECTED] the script can check the existing
>users and
>see if it exists, but if it
>only exists as an alias, the script wouldn't see it and then there would
>be
>duplicate email addresses.
>
>Can someone help me out here? How can I check against existing aliases
>when new
>users sign up?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Roderic
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