aws email server setup same domain

Question

1.I have a domain name in namecheap.com.
2.I have servers, including a web server, and an email server on amazon.
3.My web server and email server have 2 different IPs.
4.But I only have one domain, lets say www.abcde.com.
5.I was able to setup the NS, and the "A" correctly in away that www.abcde.com points to my web server.

When visitors go to url www.abcde.com I want them to go to the web server.

How do I setup an email server so that email that goes to admin@abcde.com points to the email server?

Daniel Scott · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-13T08:15:59.667

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You need to add an 'MX' DNS record pointing at a CNAME record which points the mail server's IP. Also, it needs a number indicating the 'preferred' server. If you only have one, then this number doesn't matter.

So, you want an MX record like:

MX mail.example.com 10

And a CNAME record like:

CNAME mail.example.com which points to x.x.x.x

edited Oct 13 '16 at 08:15

answered Oct 13 '16 at 05:51

Daniel Scott

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I added an mx record but it wouldn't accept the "ip" as the value. It would only accept something like "10 mailserver.domainame.com" – eddy Oct 13 '16 at 07:45
Also, you should use 'example.com' rather than making up a domainname - someone probably owns abcde.com. – Daniel Scott Oct 13 '16 at 08:17
Thanks - you could 'accept' the answer instead of upvote? – Daniel Scott Oct 13 '16 at 10:39

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