Yes, I was thinking of PW while writing about PWC; and I realize now I
was mistaken on the details, also.

 Thanks for the clarification.

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At 10:29 AM 1/29/2007 -0500, Kevin Parris wrote:
>When the user is dealing with password issues on their own, the DEL
>function rarely comes into play.  If one cannot remember the
password,
>an ADD command is issued - which ignores any existing password and,
upon
>confirmation, implements the new one.

Not quite.  First of all, let me make sure we're on the same page:  A
user dealing with password issues on his own should not be using PWC (he
won't have sufficient permission to do so anyway, that's a postmaster
command), but rather, he should be using PW.  I'm assuming that in the
paragraph above, you're talking about PW and not PWC.

So let's say the user sends a PW ADD command.  But in that case, if a
password already exists, he is told that he already has a password, and
no change is made.  So if what you are looking for is a one-command
password add/change solution for general users (subscribers), the
command your script should use is

PW REP newpassword

In that case, 
- if a password already exists, it is changed (replaced)
- if a password does not exist, it is added.

(an OK confirmation is required of course before the change or add is
actually executed.)

And again, just to make sure we're on the same page, there is no
corresponding sub-command "REP" for PWC.

Nathan