Each registered domain has no less than 2 Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a certain web hosting provider. In this way, you've got both your site and your emails handled by the same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are lots of other records, such as A and MX. The former shows which server deals with the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, whenever you type a domain in your Internet browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain uses and from there you will be sent to the servers of another provider in case 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 means that you could have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
With a cloud website hosting plan from our company, you're going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly by using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any problems. We have an in depth help section that makes things even easier. If you wish to switch your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have 100 % control over your domain names and subdomains and you will 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 that we provide, you will have full control over the records of all domain names and subdomains which 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 changing any record requires only a few mouse clicks. If you decide to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can edit the necessary record and direct your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still keep using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each one.