Every registered domain has no less than two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a certain hosting provider. That way, you've got both your site and your e-mails managed by the exact same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are a number of other records, such as A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, any time you type a domain name in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you could be sent to the servers of a different service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having separate records for the site and the emails suggests that you could have your site and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting that we provide, will enable you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain within your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to see a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Creating new records is as easy if, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different 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. To put it differently, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Through our advanced tool, you're going to be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domain names or subdomains is really easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you can click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any problems if you choose to switch your site or e-mails to another service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you can also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.