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How to setup dns for web traffic to go to server using dynamic dns yet route email to a different server?

I have a server connected to an internet connection with a dynamic ip. Normally I would set my dns with a  cname for mydomain.com pointing all traffic to my dynamic dns address. However here is the catch. I want my email to be routed to a server other than my dynamic dns server. I want my web traffic to still go to my dynamic dns server. How do I accomplish this?
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Thanks for the quick response. I tried an MX record but when I have a CNAME it seems as though the MX record is ignored because both my mail and web traffic go to my dynamic dns server.
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mdrichards, thanks again for your quick response. Using your example above, can I use a CNAME WITH AN MX?
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Yep I do allow enough time for it to propogate however for some reason as soon as I put that CNAME in it is like my MX gets ignored.
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So if I do not use a cname, is there any way to use dynamic dns with an A record?
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Ah...thanks for clarifying.Yep I am using dyndns say I setup my dns as follows

Red condor is our spam filtering company

mydomain.com            MX     mail.redcondor.net      10
mydomain.com     CNAME     dynhost.dyndns.biz

When I do this it seems like the CNAME overrides my MX record and directs both my mail and web traffic to my dynamic dns address. I would like to make it so that my mail goes to red condors spam filtering mail service and my web traffic is redirected to my dynamic dns server.
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Networking Protocols

Networking software modules are interfaced with a framework implemented on the machine's operating system that implements the networking functionality of the operating system. The best known frameworks are the TCP/IP model and the OSI model. Systems typically do not use a single protocol to handle a transmission. Instead they use a set of cooperating protocols, sometimes called a protocol family or protocol suite.[9] Some of the best known protocol suites include: IPX/SPX, X.25, AX.25, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. Other protocols indirectly related to networking include the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and its related technologies, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Server (DNS) and other Internet protocols.

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