During migration, a new customer with existing, self-hosted email accounts stops receiving email from Levaire. This happens after their hosting account has been established with Levaire, but before the domain name is switched over. The problem: the server becomes confused as to where to send email—to a local domain or to a remote domain. To correct:
- Use Putty or another SSH utility to SSH into the host account.
- Log in
- cd .. [Enter]
- cd home [Enter]
- etc [Enter]
- less /etc/localdomains [Enter]
- less /etc/remotedomains [Enter]
- vi /etc/localdomains (vi is a Linux text editor)
- hit 'i' to insert or delete (to add or delete a domain from the localdomains or remotedomains lists)
- esc, shift + :
- w, q, [Enter] (to save)
- /etc/init.d/exm restart [Enter] (to restart the mail server)
If none of this sounds like fun, just call us at (517) 394-3000 or submit a ticket through this system and we'll work this magic for you