Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains that you have within a hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it is being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and retain a working email service with the first provider. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is frequently mistaken for the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of another provider if you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting plan from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you a few clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia CP offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this type of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a website using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of clicks within your CP.