By dave149144
I have the DNS of my site (davelukas.net) pointed to Digital Ocean via Name.com.
But my email is not working. Is there a way to have my site hosted by Digital Ocean and my email server run through my “traditional” hosting company (Site5.com)?
If so, how would I do this?
I should add that I don’t use Google Apps for my email. I’d like to get all email addresses from ___@davelukas.net to be accessible on my phone, Thunderbird, etc.
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Absolutely. But you’ll need to work with Site5.com to get the MX records you need to add to your DNS information to use the Site5 mail servers.
To make sure I understand you Dan: <br> <br>- I’d grab my MX records off Site5 (which is “davelukas.net.”, with a priority of 10) <br>- Input that info as a MX record on Digital Ocean <br> <br>And that’s it?
Since you’ll be switching the A record of davelukas.net to your DigitalOcean droplet (and off Site5), you have to create a new record that points to your Site5 IP: <br> <br>mail.davelukas.net. A your.old.site5.ip <br>davelukas.net. MX 10 mail (OR: davelukas.net. MX 10 mail.davelukas.net.)
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