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How to Host a Subdomains Mail Locally While the Parent Domain's Mail is Hosted Remotely

Jason Newsome
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Introduction

Should the situation arise where your domain's mail is hosted on a remote server, however, you would like the subdomains mail hosted locally, this walkthrough will help guide you on the appreciate steps. 

Procedure

First, you'll need to create a new MX record and corresponding A record in order to resolve locally to the server. In this example, we will use mx.domain.com. Create the MX record where the DNS is hosted, with an A record pointing to the server which will host the mail. The records will resemble: 

mx 14400 IN CNAME domain.com
mx 14400 IN A 192.168.0.1

With the MX record created, you may now assign it to the subdomain. The record within the zone will resemble: 

sub.domain.com. 14400 IN MX 0 mx.domain.com.

Finally, you'll need to select "Local Mail Exchanger" under the "Email Routing" section so that the server may appropriately route the mail locally. 

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