Each registered domain name has no less than two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a certain hosting company. That way, you have both your site and your e-mails managed by the very same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are a number of other records, for example A and MX. The former reveals which server manages the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you enter a domain address in your Internet browser, your request is forwarded 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 if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having different records for the site and the e-mails means you may have your website and your emails with two different companies if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
With a cloud hosting package from us, you'll be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any troubles. We have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you wish to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can select their priority i.e. which record will handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have full control of your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages which we provide, you will have complete control over the records of all domains and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records every one of them has using the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and changing any record requires only a few clicks. If you choose to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can update the required record and point your domain name to the other company for one of the services, as you still keep using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain 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 default two we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each one.