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Basically, some GoDaddy DNS help text has me scratching my head. Godaddy's DNS service says, "You cannot set up your domain name to use more than one mail provider at a time." But it doesn't talk about more than one subdomain name, with one mail provider per subdomain.
I think I need more than one mail server in my organization, where different subdomains use different mail servers.
That is, someone in my organization has gotten the fire to use Google Apps for a mail server.
We already have an MX record which services some GoDaddy mail forwards like [email protected] and [email protected]. We don't want to distrurb those. Their owners are happy with them for the time being.
It is acceptable to Mr. Google Apps Fanboy if we set up a subdomain like staff.nonprofit.org and use that for his Google Apps mailserver. So he would have an email address like [email protected].
Given that there is already a priority 0 MX record pointed at the GoDaddy mail forwarding service, can I set up another priority 0 MX record pointed at the Google Apps mail server for email addresses on a new staff.nonprofit.org subdomain? Are priorities exclusive even for different subdomains?
If it cannot be at the same priority, do I need to make the subdomain MX record a higher priority than the domain MX record and have everything still work?
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Yes, It's possible. For Example. You would either Contact your Host to set this, or if you have the ability to point DNS your self then do so. Just make sure that the site you want to serve on that subdomain exists on the server that it's pointing to.
Split Domain Routing (SDR) is a term used to describe how users with email addresses in the same domain can receive emails at two different email service providers.
To setup, simply navigate to Web Host Manager -> Create A New Account. Rather than using a domain, enter the subdomain (i.e. billing.yourdomain.com) and use the password generator to create a strong one. Once added, login to cPanel -> Email Accounts and create the address needed.
An email subdomain delivers email from an address underneath the umbrella of your root domain. The subdomain is related to your root domain, but inbox and internet service providers (ISPs) treat it separately. You've likely seen subdomains used for websites.
You can set up MX records on subdomains/hosts just fine, and you don't need to worry about their priority relative to the main domain's records; they don't interact.
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different mx-records for different subdomains should work
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