Hi all, I recently registered my new domain through Shopify and have set up Zoho as my mail provider. When I try and add the required MX records to my domain I receive the following error: “Email forwarding is not allowed for this domain” Any help is much appreciated! [aquick911_0-173470691439…

Same issue here - 2 days passed by today.

Same we littery pay this company a bleep ton while they dont even have this in place for love of god

They have it in place, however there seems to be an issue with it according to the helpdesk. I haven’t been able to resolve this yet. No updates from them either.

Alright let me know if you find something out

I’m facing the same issue guys. I cannot validate the MX-records of Zoho in my Shopify domain settings. I’d be glad to hear if someone has a solution for this!

It’s beceause Starting December 2024, the Email Hosting & Forwarding feature has been disabled for all new domain purchases. No more information by the team yet

This is what I was told on 12/22… 15:25 Manuel R (Support Advisor): I appreciate your patience as I looked into this. After connecting with our specialized team, I learned that our domain host is performing server maintenance today. This is leading to some unexpected issues that we’re working to re…

I’m having the very same issue, I cannot add any MX record nor setup third-party email hosting (Google Workplace). Very annoying, I wish I had bought the domain on Google Workplace instead…

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megras December 23, 2024, 2:19pm 11

The solution would be if we all start spamming live chat with the same issue maybe then they will wake up

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