Is it possible to create a 301 redirect and MX records at a naked domain?

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.