on-rev server question

[Tim Selander]

Did this too. Quite a bit more of a hassle.

You create the new accounts and set the passwords. The account 
names will very likely all be different than your old provider 
since the on-rev system sets the user name.

So, for example, I went from
username 'selander' at pop account pop.pba-net.com, to
username 'selander+pba-net.com' (on-rev's choice) at mail.pba-net.com

Also, I had some trouble using smtp.pba-net.com; at Heather's 
advice I use 'mail.freyr.on-rev.com' -- which works well.

Then I had to go through all 32 computers at the company, 
resetting everyone's mail account username and smpt server, 
sending test emails, etc. I went in at midnight on a Saturday to 
do this, to lessen the chances of incoming emails getting lost 
during the hour or two it took to do all this. (I figure only 
spam is coming in that time of day :-)

I did all this after re-directing the DNS to on-rev's servers on 
my Go-Daddy account.

If your current host also uses the 'user+domain.com' pattern, the 
switch would be easier. You'll still have to fix the smtp server 
on everyone's computer.

HTH

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

On 11/28/10 10:45 AM, Jim Lambert wrote:
> This has been an interesting thread on setting up a new domain to point to a folder on on-rev.
> It's also very helpful advice for migrating an existing domain from one ISP to on-rev.
>
> But what does one do to migrate that domain's existing mail accounts to on-rev?
> Is it enough to simply recreate the mail account's user names&  passwords on on-rev?
> Or, is some additional magic needed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Lambert
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