Transfer the existing messages in the old account to the new account in the IMail Client on the server.
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20010110-DM01.htm IMail - How to move a user's mail to another mailbox Dave In reply to 27 Aug message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >ok but on the same token, why leave it active? If I can get the >existing info into the new account then the individual has only >one account with their new account name. >I did try moving the .mbx files from one account to another and it >seemed to work fine. Any issue with doing this? >On Tuesday, August 27, 2002 6:52 AM, Eric Shanbrom ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Hmm, Why de-activate the old account? nothing new will go there but you >>still allow access. >> >>Eric S >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Bob McGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:28 PM >>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] reply to sender question. >> >> >>Actually I do see a flaw. If I inactivate the existing account and setup a >>new one, then the person loses access to all mail on their >>existing account. >> >>Just curious, can I create the new account, copy the contents of the old >>users account to the new account directory and would the maintain the >>persons existing account? >>____________________________________________________ >>so rather than change the existing one, inactivate it, create a new one and >>then forward the message to the new account AND send a reply back to the >>sender? >> >>thanks Eric! I just tried it and much better. I was worried that it would >>leave the message in the original account as well but it does >>not...cool! >> >>any downsides to this process? Does not appear to be... >> >>bob >> >>On Monday, August 26, 2002 2:37 PM, Eric Shanbrom >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>sure, Leave the Jane_doe account. Set the info manager on this box to send >>a >>>message to the sender about the new address then forward it to the new >>>address. >>> >>>Eric S >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Bob McGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: "IMailList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:05 PM >>>Subject: [IMail Forum] reply to sender question. >>> >>> >>>We have imail 7.12. I'm wondering if anyone has figured out a way to inform >>>a sender when someone's name(account) changes. >>> >>>Example: Jane Does email account is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jane changes her >>>name to Smith so we change her account to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we setup >>>an alias so existing folks who have her address as jane_doe get their mail >>>delivered to jane_smith. >>> >>>here's what I'd like to do: setup an inbound rule that if the to address is >>>jane_doe (old account) send a message back to the sender that jane's >>account >>>has changed and her new account is jane_smith.... >>> >>>anyone have an idea on doing this? I'd like to do this so we do not have >>to >>>keep the alias for ever... >>> >>>thanks, bob >>> >>> >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >>> >>> >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >>> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
