Transferring Email to Google Apps - Timing
- by picus
I did a site for a client a few months back. Hosting & email was setup through Dreamhost VPS. Hosting has not been an issue, but email has become increasingly dodgy. Long story short, they want to transfer to Google Apps for Biz. They already have the mailboxes setup - they are on macs so they will be transferring using the gmail email importer for mac - my question is this - should they transfer their domain over first or their emails?
I'm a developer so I have no problem changing their DNS settings, but I am not an IT manager type by any stretch so I am a bit in the dark about process - my proposed process was:
Delete any junk/deleted mail from current environment
Backup email locally
copy emails to google apps via importer
Switch domain and update mac mail settings
It seems that doing the domain first would be best but I don't know if that is possible.
I have been trying to find a generic checklist, but i haven't been able to.