Want www to point to server A and mail to server B

[henkvaness]

Hi

I had server A running with Direct Admin controlling it: a website and the mail.
Now I have pointed the website to a new host, but want to keep the mailserver. How do I do that?

OLD Situation, forreporters.com was resolved by 188.40.124.215

I had as original mx record:

10 @ mail.forreporters.com

NEW SITUATION, forreporters.com is resolved by new host

I wanted to use

10 @ 188.40.124.215

but that was not allowed

Or is mail.forreporters.com still active on 188.40.124.215?

PS: I currently have Gmail APPS as my MX records, but I don't want to have that for all time, want to have the mail done through 188.40.124.215 again.

 

[nobaloney]

MX records can't point to an IP#, only to a URL. so mail.forreporters.com (and also pop and smtp if you use them) should be made to point to the old server, and then MX should be left pointing to mail.forreporters.com.

Jeff