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OK, that's a good point. Change the TTL of the A record for the mail
Re: Changing ISP''s
From: Men & Mice Support
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Time: 7:23:08 am
server, not for the MX record(s) that point(s) to it.
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Chris Buxton Men & Mice
cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy!
At 12:42 PM +1000 7/24/01, Nicholas Orr wrote:
>What I was hoping to do was reduce the down time for people who are
>collecting mail from the new server. They will not change any
>server details, as the name will stay the same, but the IP will be
>different. If I reduce the TTL for the mail server only, will this
>new IP address reach them faster after I've changed it than if I
>left it the same?
>
>I don't want people to complain about not being able to check mail
>because their DNS data still points to the now useless backup.
>
>Thanks,
>Nick
>
>On Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at 11:59 AM, Men & Mice Support wrote:
>
>>If you're still going to have a mail server at the old IP address,
>>then you don't need to change the TTL. Just make sure that the mail
>>server at the old IP is configured to forward all mail to the
>>server at the new IP. (This assumes they're not the same mail
>>server.)
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