Mx Records and have the option to not use www

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Mx Records and have the option to not use www

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So i set up mx records so i can use Google to handle my emails with my domain, but doing so i had to use a "@" symbol for the name of the sub domain so i was wondering does this now mean the people have to use "www." to access my website? is there a way around this? It be very helpful is someone could tell me what to do if it is possible.
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No, it doesn't force people to use www.
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soja wrote:No, it doesn't force people to use www.
when i try it brings up the "index of" so im confused, i don't know how i can get around doing this.
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Can you link your domain, and screenshot your domains tab?
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Your @-subdomain should probably point to "public" instead of ".".
"." would point to the root of your web directory, while "public" is (most likely) the correct folder.
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If you set the target for your @ record to the folder public, does email stop working?
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This won't mess with my mx records? that's why i am scared of changing it...
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I'm still getting emails, thank you both. I was more worried i would mess it up by doing it on the same thing but it works! thank you so much.
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If I remember right, MX records aren't affected by subdomain pointers unless you set the subdomain pointer to a CNAME record.
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