I will try what you suggested.
There are actually several domains (6) and they each have about 30 users
each spread over multiple office locations.
Gilbert
On 7/8/2015 10:05 AM, Eric Broch wrote:
On 7/8/2015 9:18 AM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. wrote:
I have a domain on my Qmail Server that I am migrating to another
server. I want both servers to be up as I am transitioning the
domain. My question is, how do I keep the old server up and have it
just forward new email destined to the domain to the new server and
not try to capture it locally?
Gilbert Gutierrez
Hi Gilbert,
I don't think you can do this with at least a small amount of down
time for the new domain, but...
In order to forward mail to the new server from the old ( I think
that's what you're asking) without removing the domain from your old
server you can comment out the migrated domain in
/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains, and put a route to it in
/var/qmail/control/smtproutes and restart qmail or reload qmail.
Please investigate to your satisfaction first. I tried this once on my
server and it worked.
Of course the domain must be created with all the users on the new
server in order for it to receive mail and for your IMAP (or POP)
clients to work. In order to sync the two hosts you can use unison,
rysnc, or scp. I've used all three. I use unison mostly, and here's a
link to it, which setup can be tailored for replication of only one
domain
(http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/QMT_Failover_replication_Setup).
How big is this domain?
Eric
