Well, if you are sure that all of them are using standard e-mail clients,
and Web Messaging is just an axiliary system, then I would trace stagnant
account through timestamp on lastlog.in
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
> Excellent point... Maybe it's not so bad having stagnant accounts after
> all... :) Maybe I'll just go back to Mr. Dorman's referenced KB article
for
> the DOS mod dates.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yuri Levenfeld
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
>
>
> Hm... this wouldn't work for me, though. Since I am dealing with users on
a
> daily basis I can safely say that you may not expect a lot of cooperation
> from them. Whenever I send any request by broadcast I usually get no more
> than 50% responses. Others simply choose to ignore what I say to them. In
> this situation, should I ever send broadcst message to my users to
identify
> dead e-mail accounts I would estimate that I get reply from about 500
> people, another 400-500 people would simply discard my message and then
> raise hell when I kill their accounts.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Curtis Faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:46 AM
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
>
>
> > Depending on internal political temperatures, that may be the best
> direction
> > for us, as well...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ryan C. LaMarre
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:28 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
> >
> >
> > We use a really low tech approach. We send out a reply-or-else message
> once
> > a year to all the non-staff/faculty/current student accounts (read:
> alumni).
> > If they do not reply in 60 days, they are deleted. Lengthy, but simple.
> >
> > Ryan LaMarre
> > Computer Support Specialist
> > Unity College
> > Unity, ME 04988
> > (207) 948-3131 x298
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yuri Levenfeld
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:48 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
> >
> >
> > true.
> >
> > This works only if customers have real mail clients like Outlook.
> >
> > Looks like in the case of pure Web Messaging use there is no way to
trace
> > dormant accounts. Timestamp on MBX file in user directory obviously
> changes
> > with every new incoming e-mail, but this doesn't answer the question
> whether
> > the account owner checks his e-mail or not.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts
> >
> >
> > > > Of course, if file doesn't exist at all in user mailbox, that means
> > > > that account has never been used.
> > >
> > > ... or they use web messaging, which doesn't have a lastlog.in file.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Scott
> > >
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