Every single registered domain name has a minimum of two Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a certain hosting company. This way, you have both your site and your emails managed by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are lots of other records, for example A and MX. The former shows which server handles the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, when you type a domain address in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain uses and from there you may be sent to the servers of another provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having independent records for the website and the e-mails means that you may have your website and your e-mails with two different companies if you wish.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting plan through us, you'll be able to view, set up and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. Provided that a particular Internet domain has our Name Servers, you will be able to change certain records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or emails directed to another service provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool will enable you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain in any way. If you want to use the email services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a couple of mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. Also you can set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will enable you to view the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with 100 % control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your emails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.