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-- LawrenceFolland - 25 Nov 2004