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title: Update Email Routing settings
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# Update Email Routing settings
PATCH/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing
Update the settings for your Email Routing zone.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Zone Settings Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
enabled: optional trueor false
State of your zone Email Routing settings. No-op on this endpoint - use POST/DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/email/routing/dns.
One of the following:
true
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false
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skip\_wizard: optional trueor false
Flag to check if the user skipped the configuration wizard.
One of the following:
true
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false
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support\_subaddress: optional trueor false
Whether subaddressing (plus-addressing) is honored when matching incoming mail against routing rules.
One of the following:
true
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false
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errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional Settings { id, enabled, name, 6 more }
id: string
Email Routing settings identifier.
maxLength32
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enabled: trueor false
State of the zone settings for Email Routing.
One of the following:
true
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false
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name: string
Domain of your zone.
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created: optional string
The date and time the settings have been created.
formatdate-time
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modified: optional string
The date and time the settings have been modified.
formatdate-time
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skip\_wizard: optional trueor false
Flag to check if the user skipped the configuration wizard.
One of the following:
true
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false
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status: optional "ready"or "unconfigured"or "misconfigured"or 2 more
Show the state of your account, and the type or configuration error.
One of the following:
"ready"
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"unconfigured"
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"misconfigured"
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"misconfigured/locked"
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"unlocked"
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support\_subaddress: optional trueor false
Whether subaddressing (plus-addressing) is honored when matching incoming mail against routing rules.
One of the following:
true
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false
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Deprecatedtag: optional string
Email Routing settings tag. (Deprecated, replaced by Email Routing settings identifier)
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### Update Email Routing settings
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/email/routing \
-X PATCH \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"enabled": true,
"skip_wizard": true,
"support_subaddress": true
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
"enabled": true,
"name": "example.net",
"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"skip_wizard": true,
"status": "ready",
"support_subaddress": true,
"tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
"enabled": true,
"name": "example.net",
"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
"skip_wizard": true,
"status": "ready",
"support_subaddress": true,
"tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
}
}
```