Every single registered domain has a minimum of 2 Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain to the servers of a particular web hosting company. In this way, you have got both your site and your emails managed by the exact same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are lots of other records, for example A and MX. The former reveals which server manages the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows 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 browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be forwarded to the servers of a different provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having independent records for the site and the emails means that you may have your website and your e-mails with two different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting service from our company, you're going to be able to see, create and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. As long as a specific Internet domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to modify certain records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or e-mails directed to any other provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool is going to allow you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name the slightest bit. If you decide to use the email services of another company and they want you to set up more than two MX records, you can easily do that with simply a few clicks through the DNS Records section of your CP. You can even set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain addresses or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any issues if you decide to point your site or e-mails to some other 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 instructions of the new provider.