Do WordPress.com hosted domains support CNAMEs?

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  givemefoxes · Member · Sep 8, 2012 at 6:37 pm

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  I’m planning to switch near the end of the year and want to clear this up before them. Right now I have cdn. on my domain pointing to a CloudFront distribution using my current host’s domain editor.

  Do WordPress.com-hosted domains support this? If so, does it cost any extra? I can’t find much on the management-side of domains here beyond setting up Google Apps for email.

  Speaking of which, is there any cost associated with adding an MX record to handle email passed to Gmail?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 8, 2012 at 6:42 pm

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  No extra cost, once you pay to register or map your domain, you can add DNS records http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/custom-dns/ and email: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/

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  givemefoxes · Member · Sep 8, 2012 at 6:45 pm

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  Great to hear. I can’t say I was paying attention during that part of networking class back in 2007, so DNS is a bit of a black box to me. Moving to WordPress.com will be an excuse to finally learn. :)