----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Faulkner" <curtis@walkerschools.org> To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts

> Excellent point... Maybe it's not so bad having stagnant accounts after > all... :) Maybe I'll just go back to Mr. Dorman's referenced KB article for > the DOS mod dates. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com > [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Yuri Levenfeld > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:09 AM > To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts > > > Hm... this wouldn't work for me, though. Since I am dealing with users on a > daily basis I can safely say that you may not expect a lot of cooperation > from them. Whenever I send any request by broadcast I usually get no more > than 50% responses. Others simply choose to ignore what I say to them. In > this situation, should I ever send broadcst message to my users to identify > dead e-mail accounts I would estimate that I get reply from about 500 > people, another 400-500 people would simply discard my message and then > raise hell when I kill their accounts. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curtis Faulkner" <curtis@walkerschools.org> > To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:46 AM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts > > > > Depending on internal political temperatures, that may be the best > direction > > for us, as well... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com > > [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Ryan C. LaMarre > > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:28 AM > > To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts > > > > > > We use a really low tech approach. We send out a reply-or-else message > once > > a year to all the non-staff/faculty/current student accounts (read: > alumni). > > If they do not reply in 60 days, they are deleted. Lengthy, but simple. > > > > Ryan LaMarre > > Computer Support Specialist > > Unity College > > Unity, ME 04988 > > (207) 948-3131 x298 > > rclamarre@unity.edu > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com > > [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Yuri Levenfeld > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:48 PM > > To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts > > > > > > true. > > > > This works only if customers have real mail clients like Outlook. > > > > Looks like in the case of pure Web Messaging use there is no way to trace > > dormant accounts. Timestamp on MBX file in user directory obviously > changes > > with every new incoming e-mail, but this doesn't answer the question > whether > > the account owner checks his e-mail or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Perry" <horizons@declude.com> > > To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stagnant accounts > > > > Of course, if file doesn't exist at all in user mailbox, that means that account has never been used. > > > > > > ... or they use web messaging, which doesn't have a lastlog.in file. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -Scott > > > > > > Declude: Anti-virus and Anti-spam solutions for IMail. > > http://www.declude.com > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >