Gents,
The ADDALIAS.EXE can be used to create aliases. It will return a fail code if
the alias exists. Run from DOS, \imail prompt: addalias /? to see program
usage.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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In reply to 24 Sep message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>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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