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I'm wondering since I found out that creating a CNAME and an MX record is not allowed.

I want to create a 301 redirect from example.com to www.example.com, and have email with @example.com addresses.

I'm using 1&1 as my registrar, btw.

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To do 301 redirects, you'll need to have an A record that points to a valid web server. You can then instruct the web server to redirect people, eg. with Apache's .htaccess:

Redirect 301 / http://www.example.com

MX records can be created as usual.

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I was also able to do this directly in 1&1 by choosing a "destination" for the domain. The tech support guy I talked to said that it does use a 301 redirect. – Senseful Jul 19 '10 at 19:18
Ah, yeah, I should've mentioned that most hosting companies have some kind of easy redirect setup. This is what it's doing under the covers. – user626 Jul 20 '10 at 15:56
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