Did you ever think of the power of aliases ? If you want olduser@domain be accessible as newuser@domain just add an alias to olduser@domain. There are several advantages over simply renaming an account:
1.) there is a CtrlClient command for it :-) 2.) you don't need to copy any settings or mail 3.) the Net never forgets (a second similarity to elephants, besides the size ;-) ). If an e-Mail address once was known to more than the person owning it, mail will come to it for years (months at least, sorry for exagerating). Especially if some 'functional' account in a company/organization changes it is a bad idea to just wipe out the old adress. Mail will bounce and your customers/partners/whatever will be confused. If the mail gets through anyway, the recipient can inform people of the new address. 4.) ... can't think of any more ... but sure there are plenty !! On 5 Nov 2002 at 23:10, Orion Productions wrote: > > Hm, I don't know :-p > > But my idea was the following: I'm creating a web-based administration > interface for XMail in .NET, and there is a textbox to enter the account > name, so if someone would edit the properties of a user, it would be nice to > be able to change the username over there. > That's why I was asking for a CtrlClient command :-) > > And actually, I can think of situations where a rename functionality would > be very handy, for example when someone is replaced in a company by a new > employee, who takes over his task, so the messages and other stuff doesn't > get lost... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Davide Libenzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:34 AM > Subject: [xmail] Re: Rename? > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Orion Productions wrote: > > > > > > > > Just a quick question: > > > > > > Is it possible to RENAME an XMail User Account ? > > > > > > I know I could just delete the old mailbox and create a new one, but > then I > > > would lose all the messages that could be still in it (or I had to > manually > > > move them), all specific user settings etc. So it would be very usefull > to > > > do a rename with a CtrlClient command! > > > > > > Solution??? > > > > How many time it'll happen in the next 12 months ? > > > > > > > > - Davide > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Wiener Hilfswerk - EDV 1072 Wien, Schottenfeldgasse 29 Tel: 512 36 61 DW 407 / Fax 512 36 61 33 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
