Every registered domain name has a minimum of two 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 specific website hosting provider. This way, you have both your website and your e-mails handled by the exact same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, for example A and MX. The first one shows which server handles the website for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you type a domain in your web browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of another service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having separate records for the site and the e-mails suggests that you can have your site and your e-mails with two different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every web hosting plan we offer you, will allow you to see, change and set up A and MX records for every domain or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is just as easy if, as an illustration, you want to use the email services of another service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. Additionally you can set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Using our sophisticated tool, you're going to be able to control the records of your domain names and subdomains with ease even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain names or subdomains is extremely easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't experience any problems if you want to move your site or e-mails to another service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When needed, you can also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the instructions of the new provider.