Every single registered domain name has at least two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain address to the servers of a particular hosting provider. That way, you've got both your website and your e-mails managed by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, such as A and MX. The former shows which server manages the site for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, any time you type a domain address in your web browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you may be forwarded to the servers of a different company in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having separate records for the website and the emails means you can have your website and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
With a shared web hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any troubles. We also have a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you are going to have 100 % control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records very 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 are going to have complete control over the records of all domain names 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 Control Panel and editing any record takes only a few mouse clicks. If you choose to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can edit the required record and point your domain address to the other service provider for one of the services, as you still carry on using the other one through us. Also you can keep the main domain here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every single one.