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Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for all your help.
Re: Changing ISP''s
From: Nicholas Orr
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Time: 6:08:54 pm
Nick
On Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at 12:22 AM, Men & Mice Support wrote:
> OK, that's a good point. Change the TTL of the A record for the mail
> server, not for the MX record(s) that point(s) to it.
> ____________________________________________________________________
> 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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