On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 05:05:32PM -0600, Dallin Jones wrote: > I am looking at migrating my Postfix Mail server from one machine to > another. I have it all set up and working and I am ready to flip the > switch. One thing that I have noticed in my testing is that once I > change the IP address to the new address, the mail client doesn't > fetch any mail from the new server unless I delete the account and > create it again.
I gather you're using hard coded IP addreses. Silly boy, even I know better than that. :-) I'd look at using an MX record in your DNS setup. As others have noted, it can take a while for it to propagate, and on some clients the change may require a reboot. > > Also, since the server is setup with IMAP, to copy all the messages > from machine A to machine B, should I use rsync, or is there something > else that should be used? Be sure to shut both instances of Postfix off while you do so. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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