: How to add MX record when CName exists (BigRock)? I have a website http://requestly.in which is currently hosted on GitHub. I have added a CNAME entry Name: requestly.in Value: requestly.github.io

@Gonzalez347

You need to change that first record, "requestly.in" to something else. Maybe an A record (IP address) or maybe just forward to your www subdomain, it just depends on what options are available to you. It doesn't APPEAR that forwarding is an option, though it might be through some other page/screen.

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@Heady270

This is a very helpful warning. It is there because of a weird rule in how mail sending is implemented. If there is a CNAME entry for the domain apex, all MX records are ignored and mail does not work.

To be able to add MX records, you need to specify an A record rather than a CNAME record for your apex record (requestly.in). Github has instructions for setting up the apex record this way: help.github.com/articles/setting-up-an-apex-domain/ It looks like your DNS provider does not offer ALIAS or ANAME records. Those are basically proxy records where you enter a host name but the DNS looks up its IP address and serves an A record. You will have to use the instructions for A records from github.

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