I have a client that have a managed host with cpanel. Now he wants to migrate his web application from his managed host to DO; but he wishes to maintain the managed host in order to receive emails.
I thought that passing the DNS to DO and setting the MX in DO would do the trick, but that didn’t happened.
Can i set MX record to another server ip?
If so, how? if not, what are my options?
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@josecostamartins I am actually facing the same issue. Did you end up changing your name servers to the Digital Ocean, or leaving them as the CPANEL?
Yes. Where will your nameservers be, pointed at DO’s hosted dns, a dropplet running a dns server, or a cpanel/other web host/dns provider?
Right now i’m pointing to the CPANEL and the CPANEL points to a droplet. The idea was to “redirect” every request to DO, except email.
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