Every registered domain has at least two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a specific hosting company. This way, you have got both your website and your emails managed by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there is a variety of other records, for instance A and MX. The former shows which server deals with the website for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, when you enter a domain in your browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of another service provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having separate records for the site and the emails suggests that you can have your website and your emails 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 with our company and you want to switch either your site or your emails to an alternative provider, it's going to take you literally only two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you choose to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard two, it is 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 particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you modify or set up isn't going to take more than several hours and if necessary, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that reveals how long a record will remain active after it is modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will allow you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes only a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, 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 no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you total control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.