Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you've got in a hosting account will permit you to forward 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 domain it's being directed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and retain a working e-mail service with the first provider. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's often mistaken for the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of another company when you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
In case you have a web hosting plan through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it will take you a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted in your account via the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added this kind of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have set up a website via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your CP.