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Need to setup an external mail server

Posted on September 1, 2014

I have setup an Ubuntu droplet and setup 2 different domains on my droplet. I need to setup my mail server on an external server with different IP address other than digitalocean. What configuration changes I need to make.



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Avinash - You will want to point the MX records to the correct spot. You need to get the providers new MX records and point your domain MX to that.

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