Topic: How to set up second mail server on the network

[toothandnail]

I've done some searching, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Here's the situation...

I'm trying to move mail from an old server to a new SME Server box. I tried setting the SME Server up in server only mode, then put it on the network with the old server. Under those circumstances, I can access the IMAP server on the original server-gateway machine. However, with things set that way, I cannot access the IMAP server on the SME server. Which makes sense - there is nothing set to tell the network where it is.

I have little access to the old server, so I hope to bring the SME machine back up in server-gateway mode, connect the old server as an internal server. What I then need to do is tell the SME server where to find the old IMAP server so I can copy the mail over. Trouble is, so far I've not managed to find where the 'mail.mydomain.com' alias is defined. I assume that I could add another alias (oldmail.mydomain.com) and point it at the IP for the old mail server.

Is this possible? And if so, where do I make the entry and what form should it take?

Sorry if this is a basic question - I'm still getting accustomed to the way SME works.

paul

[e[nt]e]

Have a look at the wiki
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Hostnames_and_addresses

Not sure whether that's enough...

Niklas

[toothandnail]

Have a look at the wiki
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Hostnames_and_addresses

Not sure whether that's enough...

  Thanks. Its a start at least. I'll have a look at it and see if it will do enough, but it looks promising.

paul