Email Setup Wizard

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Email DNS records at Cloudflare

DNS and security provider. Records live on the DNS Records page, where each record can be proxied or DNS only.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. Sign in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your domain.
  2. Open the DNS Records page.
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What goes in each field

Record Host field Value field
MX Name Mail server + Priority
TXT Name Content
CNAME Name Target
  • For your bare domain, MX: enter @ in Name; TXT: enter @ in Name; CNAME: enter @ in Name.
  • For other names, type only the part before your domain (for example _dmarc). Cloudflare adds your domain automatically.
  • Default TTL: Auto.

Adding a record at Cloudflare

MX record

  1. On the DNS Records page, select Add record.
  2. Choose MX as the Type.
  3. Fill in Name, Mail server and Priority.
  4. Select Save.
  5. Delete any other MX records: select Edit on each one, then Delete, and confirm.

TXT record

  1. On the DNS Records page, select Add record.
  2. Choose TXT as the Type.
  3. Fill in Name and Content.
  4. Select Save.

CNAME record

  1. On the DNS Records page, select Add record.
  2. Choose CNAME as the Type.
  3. Fill in Name and Target.
  4. Set Proxy status to DNS only (grey cloud).
  5. Select Save.

Cloudflare gotchas

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