Email During Domain Switch Over

Bestfoot · December 27th, 2006, 11:36 AM

Hi,

I have shared hosting and moved a domain from old hosting to my surpass account.

Before changing the dns with the regsitrar, I set up email accounts on surpass to match the prior host. I then change the dns servers with the registrar and am awaiting full propogation.

What is happening is this:
1. incoming email is beginning to go to the surpass server (so dns must be updating somewhere)
2. if we try to retrieve mail with mail.domainname.com we get an error because it apparently has not switched locally yet.
3. we can check email via web mail by using ip.ip.ip.ip:2095 and signing in with full username and password

Is there a "backdoor" way to check with an email program in the interim, for example:
mail.ip.ip.ip.ip:2095/~username or something of that nature?

Thanks

MDColson · December 27th, 2006, 12:23 PM

Just go into your mail program and change mail.domain.com to ip.ip.ip.ip and you should be all set. Then after your DNS updates fully - you can switch it back (but you don't need to).

Mark

Bestfoot · December 27th, 2006, 12:32 PM

Works like a charm. Don't I feel stupid now :-) I was looking at everything but the obvious!

**Kayla** · December 27th, 2006, 10:03 PM

Thank you for helping out, MD.

December 27th, 2006, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bestfoot Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 26 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 0 times	Email During Domain Switch Over Hi, I have shared hosting and moved a domain from old hosting to my surpass account. Before changing the dns with the regsitrar, I set up email accounts on surpass to match the prior host. I then change the dns servers with the registrar and am awaiting full propogation. What is happening is this: 1. incoming email is beginning to go to the surpass server (so dns must be updating somewhere) 2. if we try to retrieve mail with mail.domainname.com we get an error because it apparently has not switched locally yet. 3. we can check email via web mail by using ip.ip.ip.ip:2095 and signing in with full username and password Is there a "backdoor" way to check with an email program in the interim, for example: mail.ip.ip.ip.ip:2095/~username or something of that nature? Thanks

December 27th, 2006, 12:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
MDColson Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Dec 2005 26 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just go into your mail program and change mail.domain.com to ip.ip.ip.ip and you should be all set. Then after your DNS updates fully - you can switch it back (but you don't need to). Mark __________________ SH107 http://www.mdcolson.com

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Kayla Searcher Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 24,702 posts Gave thanks: 943 Thanked 806 times	Thank you for helping out, MD. __________________ Follow Surpass on Twitter and Facebook Check out interesting finds on the Surpass Blog .... it's coming.

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December 27th, 2006, 12:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bestfoot Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 26 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 0 times	Works like a charm. Don't I feel stupid now :-) I was looking at everything but the obvious!

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