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Gene Willacker wrote: > On 5-06-2008 4:39 PM, Matt Kolb wrote: >> Oscar, >> >> For e-mail purposes your netid is just a pointer to your account. You >> can have many pointers to your account. I for example, have three >> (mk, muk, and kolbmatt). I can only login with mk, but I get mail to >> any of those three. The handles stick around forever until you ask us >> to remove them. >> >> ./mk > Matt: > > Is this different from what happens when a staff member has a legal name > change and requests that her NetID be changed to reflect that? That is, > does the pointer from the old NetID remain active in this case? > > Thanks, Gene > Regardless of what the reason for the name change, the process is the same. The email directories are named and organized by the account's UID which is an integer and typically does not change. The old records are left in the database, all with the same UID. -- John Callaghan [log in to unmask]