[Users] Changing the name of an account

[Tristan Miller]

Greetings.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:12:45 +0100, wwp <subscript at free.fr>
wrote:
> > If I change the name of an account (via Configuration->Preferences
> > for current account->Account->Basic->Name of account) do I need to
> > change all the filters and actions that refer to it?  Or does this
> > get taken care of automatically?
> 
> It's automatic, internally, accounts are handled by their ID (which
> you cannot change), even if their name is shown in the user interface.

OK, that's reassuring.  I asked because all the rc files in the
~/.claws-mail directory that record filtering and actions refer to
accounts by name.  I thought maybe that these rc files reflected the
"internal" representation.

Regards,
Tristan

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                  Tristan Miller
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