I have a question on how to setup email service...

I have a domain (assume example.com) registered via one of our local shared hosting providers. I also have a hosting package with that provider.

The website attached to example.com is running off a server on DigitalOcean. This is working fine.

However, since I dont want to host my own mail server, how can I set my emails to be handled by the local provider?

Here are more pertinent details:

- At my request, the local provider has set the names servers to DO name servers

- I cant set a CNAME record on DO to point to the IP address given by the local provider, DO is refusing, therefore, I cant point mail.example.com to the IP provided by the local provider.

Can someone point me in the correct direction I should be taking?