MX trouble - move domain to new server - but keep mail on old

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CentOS 6.10

Well, I use Webmin since 1978 or so, but I am just a user, so I put myself a beginner here.

I did move one website from CentOS (with Virtualmin) to a Debian10 server (no Virtualmin) - but I like to keep the old mail server on CentOS.

I use Cloudflare too. For SSL I use Letsencrypt.

Website runs fine. But email makes problems.

In cloudflare I set the A records for the domain to 222.222.222.222
Then I did an A record for MX to 111.111.111.111

It looks like the system always tries the 222 IP and mail never gets lost somewhere.

Is there any setting I can use to keep the email server on the old server? Or any workaround to make it work?

New server is typical naked nginx stack

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To keep mail on old server, you must set the following DNS records:
mail.website.tld - IP of old server
MX of website.tld will be mail.website.tld

To host website on new server, you must set the following DNS records:
website.tld IP of new server
www.website.tld IP of new server

That’s all there is to it.

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It worked. Thank you!

Damn, I feel so silly now :wink:

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@calport great reply man!

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@flameproof don’t you feel silly, its normal, heck I am using tmux (some great open source program) for about 6th year of my life and just today I discovered that I can do nested tmux, image me how stupid we humans can feels :grinning: I would wish I knew this it supports nested features 6 years ago,I would be light years advanced to use this. In end of day, its great you’ve asked.when on forums put feelings aside. :+1:t2:

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