CNAME not working for Zoho Mail

[danief]

What is the name of the domain?

fckbook.io

What is the issue you’re encountering

I am very new to domains and DNS setup so please help. I bought a domain with Cloudflare, and the only thing I want to do with it for now is using it for Mail. I followed the instructions to update my DNS records and add the CNAME record. Verification on Zoho however fails.

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

I followed the instructions, . Added a CNAME record and made sure to have the grey cloud (DNS Only).

I also checked on mxtoolbox and it doesn’t show up there.

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS not responding/updating

Screenshot of the error

[Laudian]

The cname is working as you can see here:

dig +short zb69619023.fckbook.io
zmverify.zoho.com.
mail.zoho.com.
204.141.33.104

Is this the only record Zoho asked you to add?

In any case, you should think carefully if you really want to use this domain. I would expect it to get blocked sooner rather than later due to it’s name.

[danief]

Correct, that is the first step. They then give a link to their tool to check the DNS settings, and there the CNAME does not appear

PS.Before I get a new domain, I at least want to see if I can get something as straight forward as the mail working

[Laudian]

You have entered .com instead of .io in the test in your screenshot.

[danief]

That was it. Thanks for showing me the errors on both counts @Laudian