How to connect domain to just webmail on a VPS? (domain is already in use at another location)

here is my current setup of my domain name:

Record Type Record Host Record Answer TTL Priority Create Date
A   *.domain.com    8.6.19.68 300                2010-09-01 17:21:13
CNAME   domain.com  domain.ning.com 300     2010-09-03 11:54:00
CNAME   www.domain.com  domain.ning.com 300     2010-09-01 17:21:23

As you can see i already have my domain connecting to a social network on ning.com and i need to keep it there. This approach with CNAME is the only way Ning.com allow. However i still want the emails to be at the Webmail on my VPS (because ning doesnt offer webmail). Is this possible? If so, how? What do i need to add?

Thanks for your time

Answer

You do not need to do anything else:

1. The mail server for your domain is specified by the MX record, which you have not listed in the question. [Edit: If you have no MX record, your domain's mail will be delivered to the address specified in the A record for domain.com.] As long as you have an MX record for domain.com and you do not change it, your mail delivery will not be affected.


2. Because they are separate from your MX records, the CNAME records pointing to domain.ning.com will not change where your mail is delivered.



3. Of course, if there is an address that you normally use to retreive your mail (e.g. webmail.domain.com), you will need to make sure that this address continues to resolve to its original location.