CloudFlare and e-mail

[ShinJii]

hi,
What should I change in DNS to work e-mails with cloudflare? I have now DNS from cloudflare but my e-mails doesn't work now....

I have now something like this:

mail	A	my server ip
pop	A	my server ip
smtp	A	my server ip
domain.com.	MX	10 mail

 

[Richard G]

You have to change your A records too.

Check this thread:
http://forum.directadmin.com/showthread.php?t=51268

 

[ShinJii]

How? What should I write there in this records above?

 

[Hosting Kernel]

MX mail your_server_ip

 

[ShinJii]

MX mail your_server_ip

Only in directadmin? Or should I add MX record in cloudflare too?

 

[Hosting Kernel]

Since you use cloudfare, DA dns records will have no effect at all.

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

You should change Status for "mail, pop, smtp" records to "DNS only" at Cloudflare, i.e. set it Off Cloudflare, and traffic will bypass Cloudflare's network.

 

[ShinJii]

Hello,

You should change Status for "mail, pop, smtp" records to "DNS only" at Cloudflare, i.e. set it Off Cloudflare, and traffic will bypass Cloudflare's network.

But then people will know my server's IP when I send some emails...

 

[zEitEr]

They will even know your IP without changing DNS settings at CloudFlare. You email messages will always have a real IP of your server in its headers. If you want to hide your IP you should use 3rd party mail servers and services.

 

[ShinJii]

Didn't know that thanks!