Vercel's DNS servers
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Dwarf Crocodile posted this in #help-forum
Dwarf CrocodileOP
Hello,
What I would like to achieve is the following: I have aquired a domain name, and I would like to add a website and a mail server for this domain. I have: 1 Domain name, 1 private Ubuntu server with IP, Vercel.
For the website, I am hosting it on Vercel, and linked the DNS servers to use Vercel's.
As for the email, I would like to use my own private server on Digital Ocean, basically an Ubuntu box that I SSH into. I could add a MX entry on Vercel and point it to my private server's IP address, however as per the MX specification - the MX has to be a domain name and not an IP address.
Does anyone know if Vercel allows for the MX address to be an IP ? Or is there a better solution to my issue?
Thanks in advance.
What I would like to achieve is the following: I have aquired a domain name, and I would like to add a website and a mail server for this domain. I have: 1 Domain name, 1 private Ubuntu server with IP, Vercel.
For the website, I am hosting it on Vercel, and linked the DNS servers to use Vercel's.
As for the email, I would like to use my own private server on Digital Ocean, basically an Ubuntu box that I SSH into. I could add a MX entry on Vercel and point it to my private server's IP address, however as per the MX specification - the MX has to be a domain name and not an IP address.
Does anyone know if Vercel allows for the MX address to be an IP ? Or is there a better solution to my issue?
Thanks in advance.
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@Dwarf Crocodile Hello,
What I would like to achieve is the following: I have aquired a domain name, and I would like to add a website and a mail server for this domain. I have: 1 Domain name, 1 private Ubuntu server with IP, Vercel.
For the website, I am hosting it on Vercel, and linked the DNS servers to use Vercel's.
As for the email, I would like to use my own private server on Digital Ocean, basically an Ubuntu box that I SSH into. I could add a MX entry on Vercel and point it to my private server's IP address, however as per the MX specification - the MX has to be a domain name and not an IP address.
Does anyone know if Vercel allows for the MX address to be an IP ? Or is there a better solution to my issue?
Thanks in advance.
This one I don’t know, but have you tried adding it? I think vercel is the same as any other dns servers, so if something works on e.g. namecheap then it will work on vercel too
If it fails then I doubt this server can help you, this is a nextjs-focused server after all. You might want to use [vercel discussions](https://github.com/orgs/vercel/discussions) (or if you use paid plans, you can [make a customer support ticket directly](https://vercel.com/help))
Dwarf CrocodileOP
Oh right, thanks for pointing that out !