domain name, machine name alias

[Dan McCullough]

not too new :)

no mail1 is replacing mail.
modifying the dns is a bit of a task, both servers are internal behind
a firewall.



On 11/4/06, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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