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| thomasotten |
 Dec 1 2006, 12:20 PM
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Say you have your own email server stationed at your place of business. And say you have a remote website with a domain name that is set up so that the MX records point to that email server. Then, for whatever reason, your local internet provider changes your email server's IP address, and so there is a few hours where the MX record is not updated on the web server. What happens to the emails that were sent to you in that time period? Are they lost, or will you get them eventually?
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| KaptKaos |
Dec 1 2006, 04:32 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Assuming that the IP changes are permanent, the MX records need to be changed to point mail to the new IP addresses. DNS changes can take upto 48 hours to propagate throughout the Interweb. So... if you change it now, some mail may be lost, but the senders will get a message saying that the mail was not delivered.
Mostly the DNS changes, at least domestically, happen very quickly and you should be updated in most servers within a day. Hope that answers your questions. |
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thomasotten OT: Web email question (MX records) Dec 1 2006, 12:20 PM
Richard Casto No expert, but I used to run my own mail server on... Dec 1 2006, 01:42 PM blitZ If your ISP does not offer static IP, you can use ... Dec 1 2006, 02:25 PM bd1308 Ive been a member of easydns for three years, I us... Dec 1 2006, 04:06 PM
Rand Any time I take my mail server offline I have my I... Dec 1 2006, 08:46 PM |
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