Mon
Apr
28
2008
Avoiding problems when changing web hosts - Email
This is another useful trick to use when changing web servers (hosts) that I want to document:
When you change web servers, you need to change your domain to to point to your new host’s name servers. That in itself is simple: you log in to your domain registrar and change the nameserver setting to that of your new host.
But then there is a frustrating period of time called “propagation”. Propagation is the time it takes from when you make a change to your domain name pointers for all the DNS servers around the world. This time is usually from 4 to 48 hours, depending on how fast the DNS server you/your ISP uses updates.
But what happens to email sent to you during that propagation period?
Here’s how not to lose it…
Fri
Apr
25
2008
Importing and Exporting big MySQL databases
This is really one of those situations where I’m recording useful information for my own easy recall at a later date – but hopefully it will be helpful for others elsewhere.
In essence, this is another simple guide on exporting and importing MySQL databases using the web servers command line.
