[iyonix-support] Re: Hard spaces in Message IDs

  • From: Iyonix.2006a@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:52:05 +0200

In message <de5c04ec4e.colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Colin Granville <colin.granville@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <e708d9eb4e.Andrew Pin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > In message <4EEBD0897E%andy-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >  on 31 May 2007 Andy Wingate <andy-l@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> > (From Iyonix Support)
> >> Andrew: please can you remove the hard spaces from your Message-IDs? I
> >> guess you have a hard space between Andrew and Pin in your username in
> >> Messenger Pro.
> 
> > That does seem to be the case.  At this distance of time I can't
> > remember a good reason for putting in hard spaces.  However under
> > Choices --> User management there only seems to be the option of
> > editing the email address and the Real name.  Is it safe to create a
> > new User name and delete the old one?  Will I lose access to old
> > emails?
> 
> Deleting the User name *will* lose all your emails.
> 
> Altering it manually by modifying !Newsdir and possibly netfetch is 
> not an easy task - many files may need changing.
> 
> I'll modify MPro to filter the offending characters and send you a 
> copy.

Just an idea:

Create new user
move all mail from old one to new one's inbox etc.
Delete old user

Won't that do the trick?

-- 
Herbert

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