Can murder be used for IMAP server migration?

[Mirosław Jaworski]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 07:47 -0500, Ken Murchison wrote:
> >>> Can I use the old server as both a front end and one of the back ends
> >>> for a murder configuration, with the new server as the second back end?
> >>> Will that allow me to migrate mailboxes at my convenience?  How do I
> >>> prevent a port conflict between the IMAP server and the proxy on the
> >>> old server?
> >> You'll have to run the frontend + mupdate master on a separate machine.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, all the clients know the IP address of the old server,
> 
> They actually use the IP address instead of a DNS name?

Various broken client resolvers ruin the idea of shortening ttl of
the mail service record(s) and switching traffic by changing 
it/them to another ip.

Best approach is to made the service accessible under same ip and
play with ip address(es) of the old server(s) acting as backends.

M.

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