[Lula] Mail server ip changed issue.

Peter Benjamin pete-lug at peterbenjamin.com
Thu Jun 29 16:58:43 EDT 2006


Alan, a clever solution.

At 11:26 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote:
>>First, set your default TTL to about five minutes.  This may cause  
>>more queries to your DNS server during the migration but it really  
>>ought to be no problem.

And some queries will fail... resulting in loss of web access for some.
5 minutes I think is too low.  15 is medium I think.  Anyone have an
opinion of a good value?

>>After you have made the change, reset your TTL 

Resetting your TTL is critical.  Do not forget this step.

I'm also a firm believer in secondary DNS and backup MX services on  
>different networks for availability purposes, and use both as  
>standard practice. For under $50/year, it's cheap insurance.

Where do you get it for that low amount?



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