I did this just a couple months ago. We didn't see an impact on
outgoing messages - you may if you have an SPF record.
Incoming began resolving within 15-20 minutes for a few sender domains
(Gmail, Hotmail), but you should allow 4-24 hours to be safe.
I'd suggest doing this on a
You can minimize the delivery delays if you cut back on the ttl's on the
existing DNS records a day or two in advance of the changeover.
Worst case scenario is that some DNS servers will have the old information
cached, and and mail server that uses those records will not be able to contact
They say up to 24 hrs for propagation to take place, but when I did it this
past summer it was completed in a few hours. No issues after that.
Sean Donnelly
IT Operations Manager
tel. (781) 935-6020 x395
fax (781) 998-2682
Service Point USA
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: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:39 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Help in Moving over MX record from one provider to another
You can minimize the delivery delays if you cut back on the ttl's on the
existing DNS records
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From: Debashish Basak [mailto:dba...@pycon.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Help in Moving over MX record from one provider to another
First of all, thanks for the info to Roger Wright and Rob Campbell for the
suggestions. I will keep them
I normally double up on the DNS a week or so in advance...
Give the new MX record the value of 10, existing MX 20. That way your email
move will be instant as soon as the new IP is up running.
From: Debashish Basak [mailto:dba...@pycon.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:25 PM
To:
R U changing your DNS provider for the zone? If that is the case, then
you can have 24 to 48 hours of downtime. Move to your new DNS provider
before moving locations...
if you are just changing the records then it usually happens in 24 to 48
hours. I always just go in 24 hours before and put
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Debashish Basak dba...@pycon.com wrote:
We are in the process of moving to a new location. The present internet
provider is being changed to a new provider.
This is a straightforward procedure. You can change the A records
associated with the domain names
