Each registered domain name has no less than 2 Name Server records that 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 very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are a number of other records, such as A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the website for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you type a domain in your web browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you could be forwarded to the servers of a different service provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the website and the emails suggests that you could have your site and your emails with 2 different companies if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting plan from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly through our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires just a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any difficulties. We've got an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to change your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you're going to have 100 % control over your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the semi-dedicated hosting plans we provide, you will have complete 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 each one of them has through the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and changing any record requires as little as a couple of clicks. If you want to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can change the required record and direct your domain to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still carry on using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain here, while you edit 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 two that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.