The CNAME record creates an alias for subdomain.yourdomain.com and points to sendgrid.net. The CNAME is needed for our click and open tracking features in order for those statistics to be routed back to your SendGrid account. This will also be what your messages are signed by, so your recipients will be able see what you have chosen for your CNAME. [..]

is short for canonical name. The CNAME record is a record in a DNS database that indicates the true, or canonical host name of a computer.Aliases are associated with host computers. Every computer tha [..]

A CNAME is a special type of DNS record used to create an alias from one hostname to another. For example, if we say “www.yourdomain.com is a CNAME to yourdomain.com” that means that someone accessing [..]

A CNAME record is a domain alias, and points a host name to another host name. To offer http://alias.yourdomain.com (e.g. http://webmail.yourdomain.com), you need to verify with your Web host that the [..]

Canonical Name Record. A type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies that the domain name is an alias of another, canonical domain name. More simply, it is an entr [..]