RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 - moving sites between raq's

[Rusty Waybrant <rwaybrant@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>But there's the middle-ground of while it's mid-propogation, the domain
>names are highly unlikely to all propogate over at the same time so I
>will find myself in the position where there is new mail waiting on the
>old server after the DNS has propogated and all my users' connection
>settings are now pointing at the new server.  Can I move this easily too?

Do you have the Raq doing the DNS for these domains?

The layout my company uses is all DNS is on dedicated servers not on the
Raq's. When transferring a website/email to another server, I of course
setup and transfer everything, then I make the DNS change. I verify that
both Raq's involved 'see' this change. Then I remove the domain from the
'local-host-names' file (/etc/mail) and restart sendmail on the old
server. All email, even if accepted on the old server is delivered/relayed 
to the new server... 

I still have not found an easy option for the old mail already delivered
to the old server in this situation... Right now I have a script that
copies the mailbox for userX over to the new server as userX.old, and then
merges this into the new mailbox... Or, I give the option of POPing the
old server one last time (using the IP).  However, I think I will check
out formail that Jay suggested.

I am not sure if the Raq was doing DNS, how this would change this, or if
it was useable at all?

Rusty Waybrant