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Setting up email for my domain

Posted on October 27, 2013
peyo

By peyo

Hello, I had my domain attached to Hotmail with mx record, after changing the nameservers to DigitialOcean my mail din’t work, can someone point me to some tutorial on how to setup email for my domain with DigitalOcean… thanks



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If you’re looking to manage your own email server, check out <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-iredmail-on-ubuntu-12-04-x64”>How To Install iRedMail On Ubuntu 12.04 x64</a> or <a href=“https://github.com/DigitalOcean-User-Projects/Articles-and-Tutorials/blob/master/sogo_an_MS_exchange_alt.md”>How To Install & Configure SOGo - an Open-Source Alternative to Microsoft Exchange - on Ubuntu Server</a>. <br> <br>Otherwise, check out Google Apps ($5/mo./user) or Outlook.com (free) – both of which, allow you to use a personalized domain. <br> <br>If you simply need a send-only email server, install <code>exim4</code. <i>See</i> <a href=“https://github.com/DigitalOcean-User-Projects/Articles-and-Tutorials/blob/master/exim_send-only_mail_server.md”>Install a Send-only Mail Server on Ubuntu Server for Your Apps</a>.

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