Custom domain icloud not working

I want to use a custom domain in ICloud.

More then 24 hours ago I submitted the DNS records that were provided by Apple. But in the last step I keep getting the message 'Check your MX records'.

Some days ago I already did the same thing with another domainname and that worked very well! But now it doesn't.

I am really sure the records are ok! I did DNS lookups and everything looks fine.

What could go wrong?

Posted on Oct 20, 2021 3:52 AM

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2 replies

Oct 21, 2021 1:34 AM in response to MartijnSchoemaker

I contacted Apple Support. They also could not fix it for me. The escalated this to the engineers. Now I'm waiting for their response.

Oct 21, 2021 5:35 AM in response to MartijnSchoemaker

chek to your dns and isp details. Icloud dns looks like as

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