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

Syntax

rename old-username new-username

Command Switches
-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 Switches

-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