In Erics solution you can look at the main.inf date of the file and, after enough time, delete the inactive account. (the time would depend on what you want.)
we do that today with accounts for employees who are no longer here. After 6 months, we delete the account but until then, use the auto responder to inform then that the employees is no longer here.... works well... bob On Monday, August 26, 2002 3:23 PM, Guy Isabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That would certainly work but it seems to shift the problem from having to >keep an alias "forever" to that of keeping a mailbox/account >"forever" :) > >I can't see any way of effecting what Bob wants without keeping *something* >"forever"... > >Guy > >> 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]> > >> anyone have an idea on doing this? I'd like to do this so we do not have >to >> keep the alias for ever... > > > > >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/
