Unable to Access FTP and Mail

I transferred domains almost 24 hours ago and jumped through all the required hoops. Although I received account activation messages for FTP and Mail, I am still not granted access to either. This would not be a problem except that I am no longer receiving messages through my old host. I am also unable to access webmail (error message declares site cannot be found for URL) and am therefore have no idea what client messages I'm missing.

Am I expecting too much, too soon??? I assumed my accounts would be valid once I received the activation messages, but that has not proven to be true. Any advice or suggestions are MUCH appreciated! Thanks!

pamela

It can take 2 or 3 days for the DNS to propogate through the world, give it a couple of days then check again.

www.rawkstar.net

Thanks. That's what I was afraid of. Losing two or three days of business messages is not good, but I did forewarn everyone and asked them to use an alternate. I'll go back to waiting.

I would check every 2-4 hours, depending on motivation because it may come up sooner.

Also, you should be able to use FTP using the server name, rather than your domain name. For example, say the server name is glitch. Just FTP (or telnet or ssh) to glitch.dreamhost.com and you can start setting things up.

Maybe if you're lucky, you can also access mail using pine or mutt at the shell prompt.

Good luck,

BobS

Thanks for your info!! I cannot upload files via FTP even using the host server. I've tried ... repeatedly.

Dreamhost support says it may take 2-3 days, so I'm patiently waiting.

Thanks!

pamela