How to transfer a .ie name and website if I have my own mail server

From Novara Support Knowledgebase

First, transfer the registration:

Enter the transfer request on our website www.register.ie. Fax a letter on the headed paper of the domain owner to us stating;

1. If the admin contact record at the IEDR is correct

"I hereby authorize the modification of my domain name (insert domain name here) by Register.ie" Hand signed by the admin contact

2. If the admin contact record at the IEDR is not correct

"I hereby certify that (insert old admin contact's name) is no longer emploed by us. I, (insert new admin contact's name) will now serve as admin contact for the domain name (insert domain name here)

As admin contact I authorize the modification of my domain name by Register.ie"

Hand signed by the admin contact

If you have specified your own name servers please make sure that the zones for the domain are correctly set up(see Nameserver FAQ). If you have specified our nameservers we will take care of it.

Once this is done follow the steps below to transfer your website:

1) When you purchase hosting from our selves you should receive an email with the log in details of your hosting account.

2) Get a copy of your site either from a backup you have at home or by downloading a copy from your current hosts.

3) Using the login details you have recieved from us you can upload your site either by using an FTP program such as dreamweaver or by logging into your hosting account and using the file manager.

4) Give our technicians the IP address your mailserver is on. As you are changing from the other companies nameservers pointing to this IP address to our nameservers pointing to this IP address there will be no interruption to your mail.

5) Make sure the site you want to appear is now uploaded to our servers and fully ready to go.

6) As we are authoritative for the domain we can change to our own nameservers at this stage. notify our technicians when you are ready to switch over.

7) Allow 24 -48 hours for propogation.

8) Your website and email are fully transferred.