Automattic / Automattic/wp-calypso

Domains: Email Forwarding does not show any warnings about the MX records if they're custom

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[Feature Group] Emails & Domains [Pri] Normal [Status] Stale Enhancement
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Description

## WP-Admin

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/991022/12871198/ada2a2d6-cd22-11e5-813a-b611fefb6332.png)
## Calypso

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/991022/12871201/c524a67a-cd22-11e5-958d-f545613450f5.png)

When the user has email forwarding or Google Apps enabled; we manage the MX records for those, but if the user changes / adds MX records, they might not get emails anymore. We should prevent/notify them.

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Research direction

Review the WP-Admin and Calypso email-forwarding and Google Apps flows, focusing on how custom MX records are handled. Determine the expected warning or prevention behavior for changed or added MX records; done means users are clearly notified before email forwarding can stop working.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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