Re: relocating mail server

[Robert Varga]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Allan M. Wind wrote:

> On 2000-01-25 01:55:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >   I'd like to know how to forward all the emails from my current
> >   email server to this new potato box?
> 
> You were not really specific in what you wanted to do, so I assume
> that you have an mta and you want everything moved to a new mta:
> 
> Setup mail.new server to access mail for your domain. Change MX record
> to point to mail.new config on mail.orig.  Change config on mail.orig
> to not accept mail for your domain.

And if you don't want mail to arrive on mail.orig and you want it to be
delivered to mail.new then set up explicit MX record for mail.orig to
explicitly point to mail.new.

Robert Varga

Re: relocating mail server

[Allan M. Wind]

On 2000-01-25 01:55:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>   I'd like to know how to forward all the emails from my current
>   email server to this new potato box?

You were not really specific in what you wanted to do, so I assume
that you have an mta and you want everything moved to a new mta:

Setup mail.new server to access mail for your domain. Change MX record
to point to mail.new config on mail.orig.  Change config on mail.orig
to not accept mail for your domain.

Old mail you either move (rcp/scp) or redeliver using something like
formail.

There are other scenarios, say, if you use fetchmail to obtain your
mail, if you want your mail server to act as a gateway to your
new mail server etc.


/Allan
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relocating mail server

[tphan]

Hi,

  I'd like to setup my debian box to do mail server after I 
  mirrored the potato and installation.

  I'd like to know how to forward all the emails from my current
  email server to this new potato box?

  Here is the current setup:

 ISP < email > current mail server(hamm)

  I would like to setup:

 ISP < email > current mail server(hamm)
  > tobe new mail server(potato)
  So I do not have to call the isp to switch back and forth
  before I actually move the mail server.

  Thanks!

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