Every registered domain name has at least 2 Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a certain web hosting provider. In this way, you have got both your site and your emails handled by the very same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are a number of other records, for example A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the site for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, when you enter a domain name 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 a different provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having independent records for the site and the e-mails suggests that you may have your site and your e-mails with two different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you have a shared web hosting account through our company and you would like to move either your site or your e-mails to a different provider, it'll take you literally simply 2 mouse clicks to do this. Our Hepsia CP provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2, it's not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a given MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you change or set up will not take more than several hours and if needed, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated plans, allows you to view the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes a few more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you total control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.