RE: [cobalt-users] PLEASE advise: Need a clean transfer from RaQto RaQ

["Leo" <leob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, what you are doing is pretty much exactly what we think we are going
to do.  It is probably obvious that I am not too knowledgeable about this
type of stuff yet...

One other question... if there is mail still left on our server in various
accounts, how can I transfer (forward) the mail without opening it or
altering it in anyway?

-Leo.


> We're doing kind of a similar move.  Our plan was to transition the
> DNS and the mail/web services separately.  The DNS transition takes
> an undefined amount of time due to propagation delay.
>
> Here's what we're doing:
>
> 1) Set up the new services on the new Raq3i servers.
> 2) Build new a & mx records in the new Raq3i servers pointing to the
> new locations.
> 3) Leave the Internic records intact, pointing to the original
> DSN servers.
> 4) Change the mx records on the original DNS servers to point to the
> new mail servers on the new Raq3i servers.  This is the only dicey
> part, since hosts that got a DNS lookup within the TTL time of the
> DNS records will point to the old mail servers.  We may have to set
> up a forward from the old servers to the new.
> 5) Change the Internic domain records to point to the new DNS servers.
>
> I believe this method is what you're proposing as well.
>
> Like you're we're open to suggestions.  Particularly about point 4.
>
> Regards
> Bill @ DSL West
>
>
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Currently we have a RaQ2 as a web/mail server with a separate
> DNS server and
> >about 8 accounts being hosted on it.
> >
> >We have decided to move to a RaQ3 and use it as the Web/Mail/DNS servers.
> >We have the RaQ3 registered as a name server w/ internic.
> >
> >Is there a way we can smoothly migrate everything over to the new RaQ
> >"behind the scenes?"  Meaning, having everything change over with minimum
> >involvement with our current account holders - so that they only need to
> >accept the DNS server changes associated with their domain names?
> >
> >I think our biggest dilemma is the email situation...
> >
> >Should we change the IP of our MX records of our current mail
> server to that
> >of the RaQ3?
> >Then make DNS changes to the domains at internic, which will
> then point all
> >the domains to the RaQ3 (which will have the final correct DNS
> >configurations)?
> >
> >Would this work?  How many 'holes' does this plan have?
> >
> >Thanks for ANY advice!
> >
> >Leo.
> >leob@xxxxxxxxxxxx