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Moving mail accounts to different server with different domain name

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I'm going to be moving 20 odd mail accounts from one server to another. The servers both have Mercury installed and Mercury 'announces' itself differently for each. We are changing one of our domain names from first.com to third.com and the respective mail accounts will be changing as well.

I have created new accounts specifically for the new domain name which staff will log into and use on the second server. However, I will be copying all their mail from their original account folder on the first server to their new account folder on the second server.

I've looked at the files in their folders and can see that pmail.ini contains several sections where a UNC path to files and directories is included so presumably I'll need to manually edit these and update the path with the new server address. I was wondering if there were any other files that may need updating that I need to be aware of.

If anyone can confirm or add to this I would be grateful.

Thanks.

<P>Hi</P> <P>I'm going to be moving 20 odd mail accounts from one server to another. The servers both have Mercury installed and Mercury 'announces' itself differently for each. We are changing one of our domain names from first.com to third.com and the respective mail accounts will be changing as well.</P> <P>I have created new accounts specifically for the new domain name which staff will log into and use on the second server. However, I will be copying all their mail from their original account folder on the first server to their new account folder on the second server.</P> <P>I've looked at the files in their folders and can see that pmail.ini contains several sections where a UNC path to files and directories is included so presumably I'll need to manually edit these and update the path with the new server address. I was wondering if there were any other files that may need updating that I need to be aware of.</P> <P>If anyone can confirm or add to this I would be grateful.</P> <P>Thanks.</P>

[quote user="Greenman"]Does no one have anything to say about this?[/quote]

Wouldn't the Mercury forum be a better place for such questions?

<p>[quote user="Greenman"]Does no one have anything to say about this?[/quote]</p><p>Wouldn't the <a href="/forums/9/ShowForum.aspx" mce_href="/forums/9/ShowForum.aspx">Mercury forum</a> be a better place for such questions? </p>
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[quote user="Greenman"]Does no one have anything to say about this?[/quote]

Wouldn't the Mercury forum be a better place for such questions?

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Thanks for the reply, but no, I thought as my question related to Pegasus Mail's program files that it would be best to post my question here.  This has nothing to do with Mercury.

[quote user="idw"] <P>[quote user="Greenman"]Does no one have anything to say about this?[/quote]</P> <P>Wouldn't the <A href="http://community.pmail.com/forums/9/ShowForum.aspx" mce_href="/forums/9/ShowForum.aspx">Mercury forum</A> be a better place for such questions? </P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Thanks for the reply, but no, I thought as my question related to Pegasus Mail's program files that it would be best to post my question here.  This has nothing to do with Mercury.</P>

HIERARCH.PM contains paths to directories added as mailboxes.  FOLSTATE.PM & STATE.PMJ do as well for added mailboxes with open windows.

Consider doing a text search for \\old_servername in all files of each mailbox directory.

<p>HIERARCH.PM contains paths to directories added as mailboxes.  FOLSTATE.PM & STATE.PMJ do as well for added mailboxes with open windows.</p><p>Consider doing a text search for \\old_servername in all files of each mailbox directory. </p>

[quote user="Greenman"]This has nothing to do with Mercury.[/quote]

But you'll propably find more people there than here who might have encountered server issues. So why not give it a try?

<p>[quote user="Greenman"]This has nothing to do with Mercury.[/quote]</p><p>But you'll propably find more people there than here who might have encountered server issues. So why not give it a try? </p>
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