I wasn't going to set it up as an alias first off to allow autoresponses to be sent to anyone that sent mail to the old address. If I do make the old domain an alias, is there a way to still send autoresponses? I do also have to make sure all users have emptied their old mailboxes, unless I do move those over.
DNS: The domain to be the new official primary hostname is already a regular host on the server with its own IP, so DNS is already in place for it. I guess I would just have to change the dns on the old domain name at the point I make it an alias... Right? Thanks for your comments Dan Spangenberg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Change Official Primary Hostname > > > Once you change the hostname, why not set up the old domain > as an alias? That way, it will still receive for the old > domain, at least until you want it to. > > As far as DNS, as long as it is pointing to the same IP, that > should not be much of a problem, as long as you add the new > domain configuration to DNS, wait 48 hours, then change the > old if you want. > > John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA > Engineer/Consultant > eServices For You > www.eservicesforyou.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Spangenberg > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:10 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Change Official Primary Hostname > > > > Due to a company name change/merger I need to change the official > > primary hostname of our imail server. The intent is to move all old > > users over to the new domain, and to allow them to receive all mail > > sent to the old address during the transition. I have read the KB > > article and am comfortable on editing the registry for the the > > hostname change, but I am concerned with the timing of the > DNS change, > > and the sequence to move the old users to the new domain, > have their > > mail forwarded etc. > > > > Is there an automated way to move the users and their existing > > mailboxes? I only have about 75 users that need to move. > > > > I was considering leaving the old mailboxes in place, and place a > > forward on each one and then use the info manager to send a > > autoresponse to each sender that sent mail to the old address > > notifying them of the change. After a period of time, > hopefully when > > the volume of mail to the old address slows, I would delete the old > > boxes and old domain and add it as an alias to the new domain. Will > > this work and is this a good idea? > > > > Doing this I wouldn't need to make any DNS changes until I actually > > deleted the domain and added it as an alias...right? > > > > Any other issues or timings that I should be concerned with? > > > > Thanks > > Dan Spangenberg > > > > > > > > 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/ > 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/
