Every registered domain has a minimum of two 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 company. This way, you've got both your site and your e-mails handled by the same service provider. 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 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 handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you type a domain 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 could be sent to the servers of another service provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having different records for the site and the emails means that you can have your site and your emails with 2 different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting account through our company and you would like to point either your website or your e-mails to an alternative company, it's going to take you literally just 2 clicks to do this. Our Hepsia Control Panel offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it won't take more than a few clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you modify or create is not going to take more than a few hours and if required, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will stay active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, allows you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy as all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you full control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.