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jesusfreak101 · 07-04-2008, 12:31

lets say my domain is in networksolutions.com and i have my hosting in cedant.com. I wanna transfer my domain to cedant.....should there be any downtime in my emails & web....?

I have run into this before but it was the hosting. This has nothing to do with the hosting...
My boss want everything on one bill instead of paying 3 bills from 3 different companies.

just wanted to double-check on this???

haku · 07-04-2008, 13:33

This is how I believe it to work:

If you set up all your mail addresses before the change over, there shouldn't be any downtime. When they switch the name servers, all mail from that point on gets forwarded to the new mail servers. So if you don't set up the addresses before the switch over, you could have people sending mail that gets rejected.

Where you can lose mail is if it gets sent to the mail address before the name servers are switched, and the person doesn't check their mail before switching servers. It gets stuck on the old server, and I believe is inaccessible, although I could be entirely wrong. What I did with my company a few monhts ago to get around this was have everyone leave their computers on the night of the switch over. I then had them set their mail clients to check for new mail every minute. The switchover happened in the middle of the nite, and at the most they lost 1 minutes worth of mail.

jesusfreak101 · 07-04-2008, 13:36

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Originally Posted by haku

This is how I believe it to work:

If you set up all your mail addresses before the change over, there shouldn't be any downtime. When they switch the name servers, all mail from that point on gets forwarded to the new mail servers. So if you don't set up the addresses before the switch over, you could have people sending mail that gets rejected.

Where you can lose mail is if it gets sent to the mail address before the name servers are switched, and the person doesn't check their mail before switching servers. It gets stuck on the old server, and I believe is inaccessible, although I could be entirely wrong. What I did with my company a few monhts ago to get around this was have everyone leave their computers on the night of the switch over. I then had them set their mail clients to check for new mail every minute. The switchover happened in the middle of the nite, and at the most they lost 1 minutes worth of mail.

does this still include the domain name? because im not changing any name servers or dns info....

haku · 07-04-2008, 21:07

Ahh, sorry I misread the original situation.

flamingmenudo · 07-04-2008, 23:54

You could probably still access the old server's email via a webmail interface if it's configured for one (most are).

jesusfreak101 · 08-04-2008, 12:10

Im still unsure on whats gonna happen. Im just moving the domain name to where my host is. I hope nothing goes wrong.

haku · 08-04-2008, 12:23

I don't think it should. But that's more of an educated guess than real wisdom.

jesusfreak101 · 19-05-2008, 12:27

hello all....just got some news.
well i did transfer the domain over and then what do you know? the freaking domain went down. dont know why though. The WHOIS info tells me its already with my new registrar but in my control panel it still says "pending transfer"....this is so weird. I called them and they said they didnt know and forwarded to their techies. what the heck went on? The whole domain is down and basically no emails

cam · 19-05-2008, 14:14

how long do domain transfers take?

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jesusfreak101 ie must die Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 312	quick help on domain transfer lets say my domain is in networksolutions.com and i have my hosting in cedant.com. I wanna transfer my domain to cedant.....should there be any downtime in my emails & web....? I have run into this before but it was the hosting. This has nothing to do with the hosting... My boss want everything on one bill instead of paying 3 bills from 3 different companies. just wanted to double-check on this???

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07-04-2008, 13:33	#2 (permalink)
haku shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 1,812	This is how I believe it to work: If you set up all your mail addresses before the change over, there shouldn't be any downtime. When they switch the name servers, all mail from that point on gets forwarded to the new mail servers. So if you don't set up the addresses before the switch over, you could have people sending mail that gets rejected. Where you can lose mail is if it gets sent to the mail address before the name servers are switched, and the person doesn't check their mail before switching servers. It gets stuck on the old server, and I believe is inaccessible, although I could be entirely wrong. What I did with my company a few monhts ago to get around this was have everyone leave their computers on the night of the switch over. I then had them set their mail clients to check for new mail every minute. The switchover happened in the middle of the nite, and at the most they lost 1 minutes worth of mail.

07-04-2008, 21:07	#4 (permalink)
haku shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 1,812	Ahh, sorry I misread the original situation.

07-04-2008, 23:54	#5 (permalink)
flamingmenudo Registered Dordler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 129	You could probably still access the old server's email via a webmail interface if it's configured for one (most are).

08-04-2008, 12:10	#6 (permalink)
jesusfreak101 ie must die Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 312	Im still unsure on whats gonna happen. Im just moving the domain name to where my host is. I hope nothing goes wrong.

08-04-2008, 12:23	#7 (permalink)
haku shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 1,812	I don't think it should. But that's more of an educated guess than real wisdom.

19-05-2008, 12:27	#8 (permalink)
jesusfreak101 ie must die Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 312	hello all....just got some news. well i did transfer the domain over and then what do you know? the freaking domain went down. dont know why though. The WHOIS info tells me its already with my new registrar but in my control panel it still says "pending transfer"....this is so weird. I called them and they said they didnt know and forwarded to their techies. what the heck went on? The whole domain is down and basically no emails

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