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DNS guide

Adding email records in Cloudflare

Cloudflare adds your domain to every name automatically, so enter only the part before it.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your domain.
  2. Open DNS → Records and click Add record.
  3. Choose the record type, enter the name (use @ for the root domain, _dmarc for DMARC) and paste the value into Content.
  4. Leave TTL on Auto and click Save.

Watch out for

  • Set every CNAME used for DKIM or a return-path to DNS only (grey cloud). Proxied CNAMEs break email authentication.
  • Cloudflare splits long TXT values into 255-character strings for you.

What to add

Pick the service you're setting up to see the exact records:

Official reference: Cloudflare documentation.