Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig smtp18.advancedhosters.com. NS
Answer
smtp18.advancedhosters.com. 5 NS ns2.advancedhosters.com.
smtp18.advancedhosters.com. 5 NS ns1.advancedhosters.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.advancedhosters.com. 3 A 213.174.157.32
ns2.advancedhosters.com. 3 A 88.208.29.14
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0