How to set up email forwarding from AWS domain?

• I've got a domain myawsdomain.com on AWS through Route 53.
• I have an email server set up with a different service under a different domain myemaildomain.com.
• I have an email account set up for fred@myemaildomain.com.

I'd like to have an address inquiry@myawsdomain.com forward directly to fred@myemaildomain.com. Is there a way to do that with just DNS, or am I going to need an email server running at myawsdomain.com to make this happen?

You can point the MX records at any provider willing (and configured) to handle email for your domain. Most paid email hosts will allow you to point multiple domains at their service.

MX records are separate from your other records, so you can point your A at AWS and your MX at, say, Google Apps. (Note: there are special oddities with CNAMEs - they can't coexist with a MX.)