Mail-Server re-location NOT completely done. Some old DNS entries seems to exist until now.

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

7 Oct 2006 11:35 AM

Wolfgang Hercker

Some weeks ago my mail server was put onto another machine with a different IP.
After a few days most of the eMail traffic was redirected successfully to the new mail server.

However there are still some eMails which are directed to the old mail server (which is still running).

Why ?

Is there a way to re-inforce the DNS re-location? In other words:
Is there a way to force a re-propagation of the Mail-Server DNS change information all
over the world wide Mail server structure?

Wolfgang

9 Oct 2006 7:46 PM

Mr. E. Coli

w.herc***@hotmail.com (Wolfgang Hercker) wrote:

>Some weeks ago my mail server was put onto another machine with a different IP.
>After a few days most of the eMail traffic was redirected successfully to the new mail server.
>
>However there are still some eMails which are directed to the old mail server (which is still running).
>
>Why ?

I used to work as a webmaster for a hosting company. Occasionally, we
had to move a site from one IP to another. I found that I had to leave
the old server up for many weeks until the requests finally tailed
off. Why indeed? It's a big ol' Internet out there, and not everybody
is "well behaved." C'est la vie.