# Do Email DNS records have to be in Cloudfare?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-email-dns-records-have-to-be-in-cloudfare/275033 "2023-08-14T11:41:24Z")\
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> [@afscstagiaire](#):
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> mail DNS records

Not sure which records you mean, but either way, no.

FYI:

- MX records tell other entities on the Internet “these are the servers you contact to _send mail to this domain_”
- TXT records are used for many purposes and the ones you’re talking about are likely either SPF or DKIM, both of which inform other entities “this is how you _authenticate mail claiming to be from my domain_”

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