Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in a hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it's being forwarded to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. Also, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain which you own through one company to the servers of some other company if you have set up a website with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every Linux website hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not absolutely sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.