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== Migrate Email to nh5.jcihosting.net ==

If migrating website & emails both follow the above steps to transfer the website first.

If migrating emails only the follow the first steps 1-3 of the above steps to set up the virtualhost on nh3.


1.  Set TTL for MX record to 300.


2.  Generate email report:

Log in to http://toolbox.nethere.net/

Select Provisioning Tool and search for the domain

Navigate to the Email section and then Generate Report.

Select these fields for the report:

Mail address

Alias

Forwarding address

Mail storage path

Copy the result of the report and save it as a text file in /tmp/ on nh5.jcihosting.net named example.com.txt (replace domain name)


3.  Create the e-mail accounts

Make sure the virtualhost has enough email accounts allocated before proceeding. 
Edit the virtualhosts.virtualhost_settings table directly if need be to increase allocation.

    Log in here: https://nh5.jcihosting.net:8443/
    Select "MySQL.LH"
    Go to the "virtualhosts" database
    Search the "virtualhost_settings" settings for 'example.com' 
       and adjust the 'email_accounts' setting.


Run this script once and only once:
<pre>
/usr/local/bin/migrate_mail_accounts_from_nethere.php example.com
</pre>

That will create all email accounts and aliases.

A file containing the list of email accounts and their new passwords will 
be created as /tmp/example.com-passwords.txt. Grab a copy of that for 
sending to the client.


4. Sync the emails

Another file will be created that contains the bash commands to sync emails from the old server. This will be named /tmp/example.com-sync.sh

Copy the file somewhere like the /root/ home dir and add "#!/bin/bash" as the first line and change perms to 750. Now you can run this script to sync all mails from nethere to nh3. Run it immediately to get an initial sync of emails.

When ready to switch email hosting over run the sync script one more time, then update DNS on nh3.nethere.net.

If you'd like to sync again after the move (if there was a delay or you think there may have been incoming emails during the transtion) remove the '--del' option from the sync script and then re-run.


5.  Send email to customer

Search support@jcihosting.com Sent folder for messages with Subject "new email hosting for" for examples of emails to use for communicating with the client.

6.  Update DNS and put NetHere mail on hold
Once DNS has been pointed to the new server, go into the NetHere Toolbox http://toolbox.nethere.net/ and go to Domain -> General and then set Status to 'On Hold'.

7.  Update host in JohnCompanies database.