Bud, The TTL is a great suggestion.
Thanks, Dean On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:38:55 -0500, Bud Durland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dean Lawrence wrote: > > >I host mail for a number of my clients, so there may be a period of > >time where they cannot get to their mail. I would like to minimize > >this. I had thought about just turning off the old server once the DNS > >changes have been made so that no mail would be lost in translation, > > > > > > A few days before the move, change the TTL on the existing DNS records > to something very short. That way, once you change the IP address, > there's a better chance that the "fresh" data will go out. > > >but I had also thought about converting it to a store and forward > >server so that the mail will get delivered to the new server quicker. > > > > > > Not a bad idea, either. > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" > But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; > An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; > An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees! > -- Rudyard Kipling, "tommy" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bud Durland, CNE Mold-Rite Plastics > Network Administrator http://www.mrpcap.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus / Sophos AV] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > -- __________________________________________ Dean Lawrence, CIO/Partner Internet Data Technology 888.GET.IDT1 ext. 701 * fax: 888.438.4381 http://www.idatatech.com/ Corporate Internet Development and Marketing Specialists --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
