Will a Nameserver change affect the MX Records?

[fowley]

One of my clients has the website with one host and the domain name with another (they have a LOT of email addresses and archives and don't want to migrate them)

They now want an SSL certificate for the site - the website host offers this for free - provided the domain nameservers are pointed at the host..

So my question is: if I change the nameservers - can I then point the MX record back to the original domain provider so that email can still be accessed

thanks in advance

[Dimitri]

You can use different IP for A and MX records , yes. You can even use different IP for the same type of record, aka load balancing.

However, be careful when you touch DNS zone, be sure of what you do, why and how :)

[topr8]

do you actually mean that the webhost wants you to use their nameserver?

>> can I then point the MX record back to the original domain provider so that email can still be accessed

yes you can ... theoretically! but it will depend on the webhost's rules, you may not have access to the nameserver in order to make any changes you want.

i think you are going to have to ask the webhost.

...

a lot of people are using letsencrypt for free certificates, you can do this yourself quite easily, however you do need root access.

[fowley]

Thanks for your help...

I've now spoken to the webhost and they have confirmed that provided the domain host will allow access to nameservers then it should work as expected.