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

  • From: Colin Granville <colin.granville@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:06:18 +0100

In message <11b511ec4e.HzN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Iyonix.2006a@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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?

Yup. but it was easier to modify MPro :-)

-- 
Colin
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