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Can my web server be in the same hosting company and my email address is hosted by a third party?

I have a web server that runs my web application.

If I want to transfer my email to another provider, is it possible if they are in their network / data center?

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Yes. To do this, you will need access to the DNS records for your domain. The MX record allows you to configure a mail server that is separate from the web server.

Google offers a service that will manage your e-mail via GMail, and instructions for reconfiguring the DNS for this service can be found here .

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Yes it is possible. You need to use a combination of the “A” record and the “MX” record.

  1. The entry “A” will point to your web server where your application is hosted.
  2. The MX record will point to the server on which you want to host your email.

A complete step-by-step guide on how to do this can be found here. Website and email hosting on different servers

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Perhaps wherever they are, as long as you control your DNS records. I launched many sites on which the web server is located in our building, and the mail server is located on the client’s own site, connected using an unrelated provider. In one case, the web server is in the United States, and the mail server is in the UK.

DNS records may again be on another server. Some registrars include editing DNS records in their interface, while others simply allow you to configure DNS on another server.

The entries that define the email server are called MX records. They take the name of the mail server (and not its IP address). Entries that turn names into IP addresses are called entries — you use them for “www,” etc.

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Google Apps does just that.

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