domain name, machine name alias

[Alexander Dalloz]

Dan McCullough schrieb:

> would it be easier to set machine to mail.domain.com mail rather then 
> mail1?

Maybe, maybe not - it depends ;)

Seriously, you didn't give much detailed information and I am guessing 
that you are new to mail server and DNS setups. Are you?

Will the 2 mail hosts run in parallel for a specific time? Are you able 
to modify the DNS zone yourself?
You have to keep in mind that on client side DNS information is cached 
and thus you will have to count for it when migrating to a new host if 
the IP changes.

Alexander