Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in the hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is regularly mistaken for the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of another provider assuming you have set up a site with the latter. By doing this, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a hosting through our company. We're going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, then just click the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. This way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, plus much more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as simple and easy and takes a click. If you experience any difficulties, you can go through our comprehensive help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.