CNAME already exists with that record

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Hi there,

New to Cloudflare, and can’t to seem to find anything to help with the following issue,

An A, AAAA or CNAME record already exists with that host. (Code: 81053)

I’m trying to add two records as a CNAME:
Host:@ Value: selector1-benningtongreen-co-uk._domainkey.BenningtongreenLtd658.onmicrosoft.com
Host: @ Value: selector2-benningtongreen-co-uk._domainkey.BenningtongreenLtd658.onmicrosoft.com

I can’t figure out how to get these records onto the DNS management part of Cloudflare

See below for existing records

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Thank you!

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You already have an A record for @ (the second in the list). You’d need to remove that first.

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Thanks! How would I go about adding the second one?

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Do you get an error message when you try to add it?

Generally speaking I am surprised about their instructions as naked domains shouldnt be CNAMEs, which is AFAIK in violation of RFC 1034.

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An A, AAAA or CNAME record already exists with that host. (Code: 81053)

Same as before, are their any work arounds at all?

I’ll pass your comment on

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I assumed that wouldnt be possible. Try to open a support ticket and maybe Cloudflare has some solution.

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Thanks for your help, I’ll submit a ticket

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This doesn’t look correct, domainkey records should not be located at @. Most likely they want the record at selector1-benningtongreen-co-uk._domainkey and selector2-benningtongreen-co-uk._domainkey respectively.

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True, that would make more sense.

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