Moving mail
- Mike Gore and Lawrence Folland
- 2004/11/25
- need to know what client(s) they're using
- get a .forward file setup
- setup clients to read from new location
- move data to new location
- clients are either on the unix machine or separate client machines
- possible clients:
- Eudora
- Mozilla derivatives
- pine, elm
- fairly easy to move
- Thunderbird
- Outlook (Express) :-0
- Spam/mail filtering processes need to be migrated
- along with Beysian statistical files
- to remove mail services from the server entirely:
- need to migrate all users
- change MX records
- verify that there are no other related MX records
- scripts to identify user behaviour
- look for evidence of pine/elm config files
- list of all users to send preliminary introductory email
Steps:
- create template email with:
- overall plans
- request for client used info
- instructions on do-it-yourself mail moving
- request for feedback
- links for further details
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LawrenceFolland - 25 Nov 2004