Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will allow you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it is being pointed to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first provider. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's commonly wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address which you own through one company to the servers of another company if you have set up a website with the latter. That way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain names and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records easily.