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 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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