I have searched in google before asking here. I got a mixed answer in google.
Can i have a multiple MX record from different mail providers?
Example,
Zoho Mail
[email protected]
[email protected]
Google Webmail
[email protected]
[email protected]
Rediffmail business
[email protected]
[email protected]
Is this possible?
You can't split different e-mail addresses in the name domain to different e-mail providers just by the use of multiple MX records.
You can have multiple MX records, but they will apply for the whole domain, and mail will be randomly split between the servers those records point to.
Likewise, you could also have multiple A records for the names given by the MX records, but the result would be the same.
What you could do is point all traffic to one or more servers, and then have those servers transmit mail to other servers based on the destination address. For this:
You would need each of the "final" servers to be able to accept mail for that domain (at least for the intended e-mail addresses). I would expect quite a few providers to balk at doing so when the MX does not point to them, but YMMV.
You would need a server that can sort the mail and then redistribute it to the "right" server through some sort of manual configuration.
You would also need the final servers to be willing to accept mail from that intermediate server, which is is not listed as one of the permitted senders of for the origin domain. Unlikely with commercial providers (unless of course all e-mail you want to receive comes from a single domain you control).
So possible if you control all servers, quite unlikely if you want to use commercial providers.
The other alternative is to use mail forwarding. You will need different addresses/domains on the "destination" servers, and have the server(s) which are registered as MX for your domain forward the mail accordingly.
DNS:
example.com MX 1 my-mx.example.com
my-mx.example.com:
[email protected] -> [email protected]
[email protected] -> [email protected]
Again, this may cause issues for mail origin verification (SPF/DKIM/DMARC...), careful configuration is on order.
Then there's the issue of sending e-mail from the "original" destination adresses.
An alternative is to use sub-domains. Instead of [email protected] and [email protected] you could use [email protected] and [email protected]. Those can most definitely have different sets of MX records and different e-mail providers. In DNS/E-mail, subdomains are considered completely separate domains.
No.
How many MX Records can I set up?
Each domain can only have 1 MX record at a time, allowing mail to only be delivered to that one service. So, if you have multiple mail accounts using the same domain, you will find that only one of those services is actually receiving and sending mail.
Source: Everything You Need To Know About MX Records | ServiceScaler
While you can set up more than one MX server for a given domain, this is purely a backup function to specify another server to receive mail when one server goes down. It's not possible to let two totally different services both handle your mail for the same domain
Source: Is it possible to set two MX records for one domain? - Server Fault, answer by Sven
Dual MX records are used for backup purposes, i.e. if you list more than 1 MX record for a domain, any host attempting to deliver email for that domain will only attempt such delivery to 1 MX at a time.
Source: Is it possible to set two MX records for one domain? - Server Fault, answer by ThatGraemeGuy
Actually no; This serverfault answer says so.
You can although add a different MX record for a subdomain, but not the same domain.
With every major provider there is a feature for forwarder using filters or you can do for all the mails. In gmail if you create a filter then you get an option to forward to a specific address.
