I am trying to segregate email address of my employees according to the geographic location.
so i have thought of creating email with location information as abc@in.domain.com or xyz@us.domain.com etc
current setup: email hosting from 2 different service providers (godaddy and google apps) , one domain having hosting at godaddy, all current users email is on godaddy.
want to be achieve:
set of new users will have email account like abc@in.domain.com etc.
Problem is:
what should be done to have just us.domain.com should go to apps.
As for how can i assign different MX record just for subdomain.
for the same i have also purchased different email hosting space also.
I have tried to explain it. Let me know if some more information is required on the same.
Thanku
Best Answer
I do not agree that this is a bad idea, it's no different from any other complex domain name.
However, you will need to have multiple DNS zones which would be operating system dependent. I was able to successfully achieve this on a VPS running cPanel using the following steps:
Have a control panel for each subdomain (these do not need to be on the same server.)
Configure the DNS zone in each control panel to have the desired MX records, treating the subdomain like naked domains.
From the DNS zone for the naked domain, direct traffic to the control panel of each subdomain with an A record. When the control panel is reached via the parent DNS, the MX records from the DNS zone will take effect.
Example:
http://leafdns.com/index.cgi?testid=AC03953F&lock
http://leafdns.com/index.cgi?testid=57AEFA55&lock
Edit:
After further testing, in cPanel, additional cPanel accounts are not necessary. cPanel allows you to edit the MX records for subdomains on the same cPanel independently, though they do not have any MX records (From the MX Entry icon) by default. However, the above instructions may be useful for other control panels that do not allow this.