actually, this can be done through the add host dialog. Turn off "use wizards" and go to the add host feature. You will see the list of IP addresses (or virtuals) which you can manipulate right there. When saving pay strict attention to the resulting dialogs as you can really mess up your setup if done wrong.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Renaming a domain > Yeah, that's exactly what I said to my boss! I said, why can't we just > create an alias that point to the old domain? He told me that it won't > be clean or something like that. He's a tough guy to please. > > So, without using aliases, how should I go about doing this? Do any of > you Imail expertees know where the actual list of domain names and > domain aliases is stored? It is not just the registry. Renaming the > domain key in the registry by itself does not work. You'll see the > change in IMail Administrator, but you won't be able to access your user > or send mails to the domain. > > I suppose that "renaming a domain" is not something ipswitch want us to > do, since they don't allow you to do it in the Administrator or through > the adddomain.exe program. I guess I can just tell my boss that he can > stuff it and either a) create an alias when a domain name needs to be > change or b) create a new domain and transfer all the info over ... > yeah? > > Steve S. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chuck Schick > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Renaming a domain > > If you are going to use the same mailboxes for both domains > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] to resolve to the same > mail box) then you can just specify that greatbigbonza.com be an alias > for greatbonza.com. You have to be sure to have the DNS set up > correctly, but it should work fine. I have several clients that have > multiple domains all resolving to the same mail domain through the use > of aliases - one law firm that keeps adding and deleting partners. > > CJS > Warp 8, Inc. > www.warp8.com > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 0:31:58 EDT > > >Guys & Gals, > > > >I have looked in the KB and seached thru the Mail Archive using the > keywords "Renaming" "Domain" "Change" "Name", but still couldn't find > what I need, even though I think this situation might come up quite > often in the business. > > > >If we have a domain set up, not the primary host domain, say, a virtual > domain or a secondary domain, and one of our client decided that they > want to change their domain from GreatBonza.com to GreatBigBonza.com, > would the only safe way to do this be to create a new domain call > GreatBigBonza.com, then transfer all the users/domain information over > from GreatBonza? Or is there an easier way to do this (like changing > the registry key and some files, which is what my boss want)? > > > >I've read a few messages from this forum in the past retelling horror > stories relating to this, and I am curious to whether any of you were > doing it intentionally. And if you were and had got it to work, would > you point me in the right direction? > > > >Don't worry about messing anything up, our server is still in > testing/development mode, so we can mess with anything we like > (registry, binaries, hexaries, anything). > > > >We are currently running IMail 7.06 HF2 using the IMail Database > (Registry). > > > >Thanks, > > > >Steve S. > > > > > > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >to be removed from this list. > > > >An Archive of this list is available at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
