On 7/08/2020 10:21 am, Randy Zumwalde wrote:
> Okay that exactly what I needed.
> DNS A record for mail.ehowe.com will stay the same and I will change 
> the A record for ehowe.com to the new IP for the webserver.
>
> Definitely going to try the letsencrypt method vs. re-issuing my 
> current certificate. Do I need to do anything there or will 
> letsencrypt overwrite my current certificate?

With the settings from that page it will replace the existing 
certificate as soon as you run the command.  (it actually puts in in a 
new folder so the old one is still there if u really needed it)


>
> Then after I do all this, I will have to let everyone know to change 
> their SMTP, IMAP and POP hostname to mail.ehowe.com instead of their 
> current value ehowe.com correct?

Oh yes most definitely.

ChrisP.


>
> Thanks so much!
> Randy
>
> On 8/6/20 5:43 PM, Surgemail Support wrote:
>> Change only the URL_HOST setting to mail.ehowe.com
>>
>> Then check the dns a entry for mail.ehowe.com points to your mail 
>> servers ip address. (it looks like it does already).
>>
>> Then yes regenerate your ssl (use letsencrypt it's easy and free) 
>> -https://surgemail.com/knowledge-base/enable-ssl/
>>
>> ChriSP
>>
>>
>> On 7/08/2020 8:12 am, Randy Zumwalde wrote:
>>> I need to change my Surgemail domain name from ehowe.com to 
>>> mail.ehowe.com
>>>
>>> Currently email client's use ehowe.com as the server hostname for 
>>> IMAP, POP and SMTP.
>>> I need them to change that to mail.ehowe.com.
>>> When I change my server hostname field in my email client to 
>>> mail.ehowe.com it doesn't work. I'm guessing because the SSL 
>>> certificate is for ehowe.com.
>>>
>>> Currently I have:
>>> domain_name = ehowe.com
>>> url_host = ehowe.com
>>>
>>> My DNS entries are
>>> A record is mail.ehowe.com
>>> MX record is mail.ehowe.com
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what to change for DNS or Surgemail and I'm afraid of 
>>> messing the server up. I do know I will have to redo the SSL 
>>> certificate though.
>>>
>>> I appreciate any insight so I don't screw my server up.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Randy
>>>
>
>
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p.s. We'd love a link from your website to our new domain: https://surgemail.com if/when u have time.