Rename Email Account in Plesk on windows:
Plesk is a website control panel. Here you will see, how to rename an Email account in Plesk on Windows.
APPLIES TO:
- Parallels Desktop
- Parallels Access
Symptoms:
I need to change the e-mail address used for my Parallels account.
Resolution:
To change registration email for your Parallels account please log into your account with your current email address here:
https://account.parallels.com
Click on Edit next to your e-mail address.
Enter your new preferable email, confirm it with your password and click Save to save the changes
Information:
When we create an email address in Plesk (test@yourdomain.com) the mail directory is created on below Directory:
/var/qmail/mailnames/yourdomain.com/test
Now if we rename the email address name through the Plesk control panel by clicking the “preferences” button to (foo@yourdomain.com) in Plesk we get this error:
Error: spam filter does not exist
However, the email address is updated to the new name in Plesk DB but the mail directory is still remaining same.
Commands to Rename Email Accounts in Plesk windows
Consider the below command to change the mail account name from jdoe@example.com to roy@exmaple.com
Plesk bin mail.exe --rename JDoe@example.com - new roy