On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 01:37:26PM -0400, Dan Purgert via Dng wrote:
> On Jun 05, 2025, Peter Duffy wrote:
> 1. Sign up with the new provider (Linode for me)
> 2. Add their details to your DNS as a SECONDARY MX
> 3. Verify outgoing (SPF, DKIM, etc.)
> 4. Swap the MX hosts so the new provider is the primary
> 5. Verify incoming goes there now
> 6. Remove other MX entry / cancel service with first host.
>
> NOTE: Obviously don't cancel the *DOMAIN*, just the "extra" email
> account service they're providing.
>
> Granted, if your registrar doesn't let you configure DNS entries, things
> get a little more "fun"

That won't be a problem for the OP with a .org.uk domain: his current
registrar should let him transfer to a decent one that does. And if they
don't do that you can pay £15 (last time I checked) to Nominet to move
it forcibly.