[Gllug] OT(ish) Domain transfers

[Dylan]

On Tuesday 16 July 2002 10:39, will wrote:
> Dylan wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I need to transfer a domain (the one this email address is on) away from
> > the current hosting company (123-reg) because their email forwarding is
> > somewhat flakey. I'll be taking it to plus.net where I already have
> > another domain and my ADSL line.
> >
> > My query is: do I need to un-subscribe from lists etc to avoid bouncing
> > mails etc, or can I expect the process to go smoothly?
>
> You shouldn't need to unsubscribe, the transfer should go pretty smoothly. 
> I changed the MX record of my hellacool.co.uk domain a while ago and this
> caused no problem whatsoever.  After the nameserver details have been
> updated at the registry the domain will take about 48 to 72 hours to pretty
> much completely move from the old to the new hosts.  Mail (and web) traffic
> will go to either the old or new host for this time (more to the old in the
> beginning, more to the new by the end).  

That's the bit I wanted to know - I was concerned that the 200 or so list 
mails I get per day would be bouncing in the ether!

I'll go ahead right now...

Dylan

Make sure you retain the old mail
> account to pick up any stray messages that get to the old account for this
> time, but it should be safe to get rid of the old account after about 72
> hours.  Someone correct me if I am wrong here.
>
> Will



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