What Bud said, plus...
You could set up a HOSTS file in C:\winnt\systrem32\drivers\etc\ with the IP address of your new server and the domain names that it services, one IP and domain name per line. Delete or rename all the customer domains from your current server.
That should work as a temporary solution, which is just what you need.
Sample HOSTS entries:
123.123.123.123 myhost.com 123.123.123.123 yourhost.org 123.123.123.123 hisdomain.net
etc...
-Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc.
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Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Moving mail servers
I am in the process of moving my Imail server to a different machine at a different hosting facility, hence a new IP. Does anyone have any suggestions for making this a smooth transition? I have moved Imail many times before, so I am not worried about the setup. What I am looking for is suggestions as to how to handle the lag time of routers picking up the new IP.
I host mail for a number of my clients, so there may be a period of time where they cannot get to their mail. I would like to minimize this. I had thought about just turning off the old server once the DNS changes have been made so that no mail would be lost in translation, but I had also thought about converting it to a store and forward server so that the mail will get delivered to the new server quicker. What do you guys think?
Thanks,
Dean
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