# Do Email DNS records have to be in Cloudfare?

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**Tags:** email\
**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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**Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-email-dns-records-have-to-be-in-cloudfare/275033/7 "2023-08-20T17:49:55Z")

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> [@afscstagiaire](#):
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> yes, the discourse domain and mail domain are indeed different

In the case there’s no risk of having different parties being the nameservers for the domains, it’s just more work to manage rather than having everything in one place.

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