How can I host my email on a different server?
To host your emails on a different server from that of the website, you need to change the Mail Exchanger (MX) record in your domain’s DNS records. The MX records are the ones that point to the server hosting your email and can be local if together with the website, or remote if on a different location.
Can You host email away from your website?
To improve reliability and availability, the domain owner can host the emails away from the website. This requires signing up with the reliable email hosting provider, configuring the MX records to point to the new destination server and selecting the remote mail exchanger to route the domain’s incoming emails.
How to send email from a web app?
There are other ways to send emails from a web app, such as SMTP configuration provided by your language framework. However, Logic Apps brings a lot more power to your App Service app without adding complexity to your code.
What happens if I move my email to a different host?
However, if they are on a different server, moving the website alone to another host is much easier and does not risk your email accounts and data. If one customer in on a shared hosting server is sending spam, you risk damaging your site’s reputation.
How to use email with domains hosted elsewhere?
To use our email when your domain name is hosted by another company, you must point your MX records to us. MX records are located in your DNS zone file and direct email messages that are sent to your domain name to your email provider. If your MX records do not point to your email provider, you cannot receive email.
What’s the difference between email hosting and domain hosting?
Email hosting is a service wherein your email content is stored on a server. It can be the same server that’s hosting your website content, a server managed by another host, or two different servers managed by the same hosting company. Domain hosting is a tangentially related service worth noting for the sake of clarity.