Change the username associated with an account (popstore only).

Syntax

RENAME old-username new-username

Command Qualifiers
/CONFIRM
/LOG
/PROMPT

Parameters

old-username

The old name of the account.

new-username

The new name for the account.

Description

The RENAME command changes the username associated with a popstore account. Once an account is renamed, it can no longer receive mail under the old name unless a forwarding from the old name to the new name is also established with the FORWARD command.

Command Qualifiers

/CONFIRM

/NOCONFIRM (default)

Prompt for positive confirmation before carrying out the indicated operation. /NOCONFIRM is the default behavior.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

When the operation is successful, output a status message stating that the operation succeeded. Note that error messages are always indicated. /NOLOG is the default behavior.

/PROMPT (default)

/NOPROMPT

By default if a wildcard is used, even if /NOCONFIRM is specified, one confirmation prompt is issued. If /NOPROMPT is specified, there is no prompting at all.

Examples

To rename the popstore account jdoe to janedoe , issue the command:

popstore> RENAME JDOE JANEDOE