Since you have already changed name servers to DO, i think,this may not be possible. 1) The best you could do is maintain the name servers with your local provider and create an A record for example.com that point to the IP in DO 2) Run your own email server at DO. Iredmail <http://www.iredmail.org/> has the same feel as webmail, you can set up that one.(Contact me off-list if you need assistance in setting it up) On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey guys, 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?
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