If it is working, then you have your answer already ;-> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian L. Wolfsohn Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Moving Imail Servers
At 01:02 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote: (Resending... Think it got lost in the weekend fog..) Dan (and others), thanks for the great approach & ideas.. Here's what we ended up dong... Please let me know if you think this parachute won't open!! <gg> >1) Set up host aliases for the domains on the new box as something like >fwd.example.com where example.com is the domain in question. I set-up the actual domain name in the new box. So the domain exists on 2 boxes. The second box is a "virtual/ip-less domain". >2) In the hosts file on the old box (or in dns) set up an entry for >fwd.example.com as the IP address of the new box. didn't do this at all... >3) In Imail Administrator on the old box, set each account to forward to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of this, i set each account to forward to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ip.number.ofnew.box >Users get all their mail at the new box. Users can log into new box with ip# until dns changes take effect. It SEEMS to be working so far... Brian L. Wolfsohn http://www.cus.com CUS Business Systems Ft.Lauderdale,FL Software for Auctioneers (954) 680-6545 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
