Do not use Cloudflare DNS regsitrar
The article discusses issues encountered with Cloudflare's email routing service. Users may find themselves in a situation where they cannot resolve misconfigurations due to limitations in support for free accounts. This creates a frustrating cycle where necessary changes cannot be made without first addressing the misconfiguration.
- ▪Email routing provided by Cloudflare may not work for all users.
- ▪Users can get stuck in a loop of misconfiguration that prevents them from deleting DKIM records.
- ▪Cloudflare offers limited support for free accounts, which complicates troubleshooting.
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The problem:1. You try email routing provided by cloudflare.2. It does not work for you3. Somehow you get your DNS into an odd state. email routing is disabled because it is misconfigured.4. You cannot delete your dkim record without first disabling email routing.5. You cannot disable email routing because it is already disabled because it is misconfigured!!6. Cloudflare only allow "guided" support for free accounts, and guides you to /dev/null for attempting this kind of problem.
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.