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We are switching our domain names from one webhost to another, all using Cloudflare. Should the ‘Proxy status’ be set to ‘Proxied’ or not please? Some of our domains have this set to on and some to off. All our domains have authentication set-up e.g. DKIM, DMARC, SPF with the details provided by the new webhost.
DNS records
The proxy only handles HTTP/S traffic.
Everything else, like records for email, need to be set do DNS-Only.
Thank you for immediate response. Hugely appreciated.
So, based on your guidance, we will set the CNAME ‘mail’ record to not be proxied. What about the CNAME ‘www’ one please?
Your www record points to another record that is already proxied, so the toggle between Proxied and DNS-Only would not have any effect here.
If you don’t know what the proxy does, you might just want to switch everything to DNS-Only or read more about how Cloudflare works.
Understood. Thank you for the helpful advice and article links.
When we switch the proxy for the ‘mail’ record to off, Cloudflare presents us with the following message on the ‘Records’ page:
"### Recommended steps to complete zone set-upHide
Some of your DNS-only records are exposing IP addresses that are proxied through Cloudflare. Make sure to proxy all A, AAAA, and CNAME records pointing to proxied records to ensure your origin server is fully protected."
Should we ignore this please?
Thanks again!
Yes, you’ll have to.
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