Separate web hosting and e-mail hosts

the answer I think is no, but at the risk of being told how thick I am I'll ask it anyway,

Here goes...It is possible, using the same domain, to have your web with one provider and your e-mail with another?

Ollie

Most Deffinetly you can... and if one of the comapnies won't let you do this, scratch them off your list and goto the next one...

Thanks very much DK

Yes, it is possible. There's various bits of info the new provider will need that your current email provider will be able to tell you (check their help pages). You will find yourself without any internet provider for at least a few hours though, so you'll probably lose some messages.

Not if its setup correctly...

Go on then, tell us how it's actually done, rather than just saying "yes, it's possible".

Guys, please don't fall out on my account, I realise it could be a bit messy hence the question.

The problem is, I've just renewed with our old e-mail provider but now I need to set up a web site.
I looked at their offering and its terrible and pricey so I thought I would look at another better & cheaper web host.
If I hadn't just renewed, I would move the lot over to a new provider.

Depends on how big or complicated the setup is/will be, what kind of hardware the OP wants to use, the service provider and many other "Currently" unknowns. Every setup is different, thus the reply for this OP will not be what you might need...

@L&H
PM, me the details of your current setup and I'll let you know how to go about it.

Well since no one has answered it yet, the answer lies in the Mail Exchanger MX record in the DNS. Make that point to your mail server. The web server will be directed to via a standard alias A record.

You will of course need to configure your mail server software to accept mail from the domain.

Also a consideration - a lot of the cheaper hosting/registration services will not let you do this split - you got your domain free from them, therefore you get all your services from them, and maybe have to pay more for it too.

You can always give us a clue by telling us the domain and we can give you a few options...

Or just the domain registrar and who does your email/webhosting.. I'd say for small SOHO type setups, Godaddy and 1&1(German) are the big ones that are pretty cheap..
Of you don't speak german, then get a 1&1 account from their US based site that way all the controls are in English.

all-inkl have always been pretty good for me and are cheap and flexible.

Thanks for all of your thoughts folks.
I've decided it would be far easier just to get a new domain name for the new part of the business that needs the web site.
Much simpler and it not an issue for the 2 parts to be separate.

Ollie