In the past, I have set up a second machine to forward mail temporarily
until MX changes get propagated. This can be simply changing the setup
on the old machine to forward everything to the new one. When the old
one stops forwarding, you can take it out. Of course, I did this two
years ago and the occasional message still comes through on the old
machine (which now does other things) because someone is using the full
machine name in the address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).

-cpc-

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Casimir Couvillion - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -
http://www.tgsnopec.no/
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ----- Houston, Texas, USA -----
713/860-2126 



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dustin Krysak
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 5:17 PM
To: Imail List
Subject: [IMail Forum] Sorta OT: Best way to move mail server - and not
loose mail during the DNS update


Sorry for the somewhat off topic...

I was curious what other people do when they need to change the IP, or
hostname, etc in the DNS, and what precautions they do to ensure that
people do not loose mail/ service. I would prefer scenarios where you
only have 1 MX record....

The company that I will be doing this for, has a web based DNS, and does
not have access to the TTL settings for the domain.

Thanks.

Dustin


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