I would rather move all the users and their Maildirs to the new server and change the DNS entries and shutdown the old server. Mail might bounce from some senders for a few hours, but after that it'll work great. Do some testing first to see if you can just copy the domains folder and all your config files over to the other server, since im not positive a cross-platform transition would work.
-----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Michal Altair Valasek Enviado el: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:10 PM Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [xmail] Re: move domains Hello, If you need to move mail server, the recommended way is the following: In the following I expect that old.domain.tld is old mail server, new.domain.tld is new mail server for domain.tld. 1. Setup new.domain.tld as backup mail exchanger for domain.tld (it = means: setup the xmail using custdomains). 2. Setup DNS to have old.domain.tld as primary MX (as already is) and new.domain.tld as secondary MX. 3. Wait some time, determined by refresh parameters of domain.tld. 4. Stop old.domain.tld and let it stopped forever. 5. Migrate all users and mailboxes to new server. It can be done by = simply moving the config files and mailboxes, but if moving between NT and UN*X = you need to change line ends accordingly. Don't forget to remove custdomains from new.domain.tld. 6. Remove MX entry for old.domain.tld. In the scenario above, no mail would be lost. **** P. F. 2003 - http://www.rider.cz/PF2K3/ **** -- Michal 'Altair' Valasek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I've been wrestling with reality most of my life. I'm pleased to say I've won. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
