From e35cb371f8b0cd7be50b75668470af9d93e4fd19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maddy <130055405+Maddy-Cloudflare@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:47:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [Email Security] Add prereqs to MX deployment --- .../prerequisites/cisco-email-security-mx.mdx | 2 +- .../prerequisites/gsuite-email-security-mx.mdx | 4 ++++ .../prerequisites/office365-email-security-mx.mdx | 4 +++- .../email-security/deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites.mdx | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/cisco-email-security-mx.mdx b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/cisco-email-security-mx.mdx index 81a6015519fbba..66ec174ac502ce 100644 --- a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/cisco-email-security-mx.mdx +++ b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/cisco-email-security-mx.mdx @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Render } from "~/components" In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Cisco IronPort with Email Security as MX record. - + ## 1. Add a Sender Group for Email Security Email Protection IPs diff --git a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/gsuite-email-security-mx.mdx b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/gsuite-email-security-mx.mdx index a766aa2bbca4a6..aaebcb54a16c62 100644 --- a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/gsuite-email-security-mx.mdx +++ b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/gsuite-email-security-mx.mdx @@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ sidebar: order: 4 --- +import { Render } from "~/components" + ![A schematic showing where Email Security is in the life cycle of an email received](src/assets/email-security/Email_Security_Gmail_MX_Inline.png) In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Google Workspace with Email Security as MX record. + + ## Requirements - Provisioned Email Security account. diff --git a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/office365-email-security-mx.mdx b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/office365-email-security-mx.mdx index e5df409a1b35a9..eeac1f01c3050e 100644 --- a/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/office365-email-security-mx.mdx +++ b/src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/prerequisites/office365-email-security-mx.mdx @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import { Render, Markdown, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components" ![A schematic showing where Email Security is in the life cycle of an email received](src/assets/email-security/Email_Security_O365_MXInline.png) -In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Microsoft Office 365 with Email Security as its MX record. +In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Microsoft Office 365 with Email Security as its MX record. + + ## 1. Add Email Security IP addresses to Allow List diff --git a/src/content/partials/cloudflare-one/email-security/deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites.mdx b/src/content/partials/cloudflare-one/email-security/deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites.mdx index 3ab0775d7f83aa..32ba5741376b49 100644 --- a/src/content/partials/cloudflare-one/email-security/deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites.mdx +++ b/src/content/partials/cloudflare-one/email-security/deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites.mdx @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To ensure changes made in this tutorial take effect quickly, update the Time to Live (TTL) value of the existing MX records on your domains to five minutes. Do this on all the domains you will be deploying. -Changing the TTL value instructs DNS servers on how long to cache this value before requesting an update from the responsible nameserver. You need to change the TTL value before changing your MX records to Cloudflare Email Security (formerly Area 1). This will ensure that changes take effect quickly and can also be reverted quickly if needed. If your DNS manager does not allow for a TTL of five minutes, set it to the lowest possible setting. +Changing the TTL value instructs DNS servers on how long to cache this value before requesting an update from the responsible nameserver. You need to change the TTL value before changing your MX records to Email Security. This will ensure that changes take effect quickly and can also be reverted quickly if needed. If your DNS manager does not allow for a TTL of five minutes, set it to the lowest possible setting. To check your existing TTL, open a terminal window and run the following command against your domain: @@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ Below is a list with instructions on how to edit MX records for some popular ser - **Cloudflare**: [Set up email records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/) - **GoDaddy**: [Edit an MX Record](https://www.godaddy.com/help/edit-an-mx-record-19235) - **AWS**: [Creating records by using the Amazon Route 53 console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resource-record-sets-creating.html) -- **Azure**: [Create DNS records in a custom domain for a web app](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-web-sites-custom-domain) +- **Azure**: [Create DNS records in a custom domain for a web app](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-web-sites-custom-domain) \ No newline at end of file