I am interested in this as well. I plan on rebuilding my iMail server next week and have documented an identical plan. I do not have nearly as many users as you do, but want to avoid losing everyone's passwords.
Eric, I don't understand how your response applies to users' passwords. Please explain. -Scott Huber -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Shanbrom Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problem with passwords after move to new machine. Make sure the URL you are using to get to the server is in the host alias for each domain/ If the URL is www.domain.com then www.domain.com needs to be there along with domain.com Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problem with passwords after move to new machine. > Hi all.. > > > We currently have a imail 7.13 installed on a server running NT4/sp6. > > We have 254 IP addresses bound to the NIC and host 230 separate domains > in imail. (each domain is assigned a separate static IP) > > We are also utilizing SMTP Auth and are using the Imail internal (registry > based) > user database. > > ----------------------- > Here's the dilemna. > > We need to move the Imail installation to a completely new machine AND have > to change all IP's. > > - I bound all of the NEW IP addresses to the NIC on the NEW server. (all > public IP's -- we are not doing NAT) > > - I installed imail 7.13 and hotfix 2 on the NEW server. (Dell Poweredge > 4400 / Windows 2000 Server) > > - I made a backup of the registry on the "old" server using the imail > "backup" feature. > > - I then shut down all imail related services and copied the entire > directory structure over to the D:\Imail directory on > the new server. (it resided on d:\imail on the old server as well) > > - I then restored the "registry backup" on the NEW machine. > > - I then edited the registry and changed all instances of the "old" IP > addresses to the "new" IP addresses. > (in both places for each IP) > > - I then started up all IMail services on the new server. > > - Everything seems to work ok, EXCEPT ----> the existing (about 1500) > users can NOT retrieve mail ! > (their password gets rejected). It is not isolated to one domain, it is > happening on ALL of the domains with ALL > user accounts. > > - I entered a new "test" account on a few of the domains. These "new" > accounts WORK perfectly! > > - Using the HKSI WebMail Templates, I can log in to ANY of the accounts > provided that I enter the FULL e-mail > address as the user. (we did NOT have to do this in the "old" installation, > just the user name was ok -- we are not running > virtual mail hosts -- each is bound to a publically addressable IP) > > We had to dump this and revert back to the initial server !! (we can only > keep this up for another few days -- our > service provider will be shutting down the T1 servicing this and we need to > move everything to the new T1/new IP's ASAP!) > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for us? > > > Thanks !!!!! > > POTENTIAL SPAM [REVDNS]: > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the Orion Medical Management iMail server] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the Orion Medical Management iMail server] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank you, Orion Medical Management Inc., Radiology Associates of Tampa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
