Webfoundry
Verified User
Hi all,
I'm no expert when it comes to DNS settings. I'm transfering a site (website and mail accounts) to a new server.
Mail has been succesfully transfered, but the site is very large and might take some work.
So I would like to have my client to use his mail on the new server, but temporarily point the site to it's old place (wich is still running)
Do I simply need to put the old IP in the A records ?
Or are other settings neccessary ?
I'm using :
ftp A IP.of.new.server
thesite.be. A IP.of.new.server
mail A IP.of.new.server
pop A IP.of.new.server
smtp A IP.of.new.server
www A IP.of.new.server
thesite.be. NS ns1.newserver.be.
thesite.be. NS ns2.newserver.be.
thesite.be. NS ns3.newserver.be.
thesite.be. MX 10 mail
thesite.be. TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:IP.of.new.server ip6:IPof:new:server ~all"
ftp AAAA IPof:new:server
thesite.be. AAAA IPof:new:server
mail AAAA IPof:new:server
pop AAAA IPof:new:server
smtp AAAA IPof:new:server
www AAAA IPof:new:server
I'm no expert when it comes to DNS settings. I'm transfering a site (website and mail accounts) to a new server.
Mail has been succesfully transfered, but the site is very large and might take some work.
So I would like to have my client to use his mail on the new server, but temporarily point the site to it's old place (wich is still running)
Do I simply need to put the old IP in the A records ?
Or are other settings neccessary ?
I'm using :
ftp A IP.of.new.server
thesite.be. A IP.of.new.server
mail A IP.of.new.server
pop A IP.of.new.server
smtp A IP.of.new.server
www A IP.of.new.server
thesite.be. NS ns1.newserver.be.
thesite.be. NS ns2.newserver.be.
thesite.be. NS ns3.newserver.be.
thesite.be. MX 10 mail
thesite.be. TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:IP.of.new.server ip6:IPof:new:server ~all"
ftp AAAA IPof:new:server
thesite.be. AAAA IPof:new:server
mail AAAA IPof:new:server
pop AAAA IPof:new:server
smtp AAAA IPof:new:server
www AAAA IPof:new:server