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Switching ISP and I want no down time. Possible???

r.starke
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Is it possible to switch ISPs and have little to no down time? The most important thing is to make sure that the E-Mail interruptions a kept to a minimum. I have a Law firm that depends on E-Mail as a means of being served and severing legal documents. They can not afford to have a week of intermittent E-Mail problems.

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t.baranski
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Will both ISP connections be active simultaneously for any period of time? If so, you can simply put a mail server on each connection, and manipulate which server is preferred via DNS MX records.

If not, things become more difficult. You can add a second DNS MX record (with a lower priority) for the mail server's new IP address will be sometime before the switch is made (I'd do it a week beforehand). Then when you switch, remove the old MX record and mail should immediately begin flowing to the new mail server.

Is there any document that explains how this is done... What are the steps required in planning for ISP move. Thanks