Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account allows you to direct 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 it's being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party company and keep a working email service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is generally confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address which you own through one company to the servers of another provider if you have set up a website with the latter. That way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records provided you have a Linux web hosting service with our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. This way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose 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 do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record with ease. If you want to create a private URL for your emails, to point a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain address to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it's not going to take you more than three clicks to create this kind of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you're there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video within the CP regarding how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.