Every single registered domain name has a minimum of 2 Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a certain website hosting company. That way, you've got both your website and your e-mails handled by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, like A and MX. The former shows which server handles the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, when you type a domain name in your Internet browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain uses and from there you could be directed to the servers of another service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having different records for the website and the e-mails suggests that you could have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every shared web hosting plan which we offer, allows you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is just as simple if, for example, you wish to use the email services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you're going to be able to manage the records of your domains and subdomains with ease even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With the semi-dedicated hosting plans which we provide, you're going to have full control over the records of all domains and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has through the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and editing any record requires only a couple of mouse clicks. If you choose to switch your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can edit the required record and direct your domain address to the other company for one of the services, as you still carry on using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain name here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard two that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.