Chris Hilts wrote: > Alan in Toronto wrote: >> SquirrelMail 1.4.6 >> PHP 4.3.11 >> UWIMAPD (IMAP4rev1 2003.339p-cpanel) >> Apache 1.3.34 >> CentOS 4.3 >> Our webserver runs as nobody. > >> I want to change the username of a mail account that is accessed with >> SM. >> e.g. I want to change it from Moe@xxxxxxxxxxx to Curly@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> (Domain stays the same, but mail user name changes.) > > Hmmm. Well, the SquirrelMail side is easy - just rename Moe.* in your > $data_dir to Curly.* (Slightly more complicated if you use the gpg > plugin or hashing, but you get the idea) > > As far as the IMAP side of things, I've never tried what you're asking > with uw-imap. In theory, as I understand it: rename the home directory, > the user entry in [various directories]. [directory paths edited out, because on my server mod_security is blocking my reply if it includes those paths] > If you want a slightly-less-optimal solution, you could always just make > Curly an alias to Moe, and have the user alter their From: header.. > > Hope this helps, and good luck. When you find the solution that works > for you, go ahead and post it for the archives.. Maybe it'll help > someone else out someday. Thanks, that's a start. I'll pass that to the server admin in hopes that he can refine it to a complete solution. (I can't use the idea of just forwarding, because I want to :fail the original address due to way too much spam.) So, I could still use more detailed directions if anyone knows them. Thanks Chris. -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
