By fahrulazmi
I have already setup nginx web server on a droplet and it’s running fine. I have also setup mydomain.com to point to the droplet (Droplet A).
Now I would like to run a mail server on a separate droplet (Droplet B). How to configure the DNS / MX records so that Droplet B receive mail for mydomain.com while droplet A serves the web?
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Just setup postfix (and dovecot if you wish to connect with a mail client) on a new droplet, make sure its pointing to something like mail.example.com. Create an A record and call it mail.example.com and have the IP of your mail server be located there. Then create a MX record and have it be mail.example.com. <br> <br>If you want it to be simple, you could try iRedMail, but I would suggest learning how to set everything up by hand so you could get a good understanding how the software works. It is not hard at all :)
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