Change the username associated with an account.

Syntax

RENAME old-username new-username

Command Qualifiers
/CONFIRM
/LOG

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 an 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.

Examples

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

popstore> RENAME JDOE JANEDOE