Maybe there's an FAQ on doing this, but I'm having trouble finding the
answer in previous posts.
What are the procedures and pitfalls for migrating an IMail 7 installation
with multiple hosts and dedicated (real) IPs to a new server using virtual
hosts? Mosts of the user clients I am sure are set up to use simple user
names and passwords without the domain extensions ("johndoe" instead of
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]") and SMTP AUTH is not being used. Their POP3 and SMTP
server names are both entered as "mail.abc.com".
Once the hosts and users are migrated, is there the issue of duplicate
recipient names on different hosts getting confused if the client has not
entered the full email address as the login name? For example:
User "John Doe #1 at ABC.com" Outlook settings:
Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POP3: mail.ABC.com (resolves to 123.123.123.1)
SMTP: mail.ABC.com (resolves to 123.123.123.1)
Account name: johndoe
Password: mydogsname
User "John Doe #2 at XYZ.com" Outlook settings:
Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POP3: mail.XYZ.com (resolves to 123.123.123.1)
SMTP: mail.XYZ.com (resolves to 123.123.123.1)
Account name: johndoe
Password: mybirthday
If these two virtual hosts are on the same server, do they authenticate
properly or will they need to use a more robust authentication method?
I've heard this rumored that this is a problem. I pray it is not! Yikes.
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