Every single registered domain has no less than 2 Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain to the servers of a certain web hosting provider. This way, you have both your site and your emails managed by the very same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are lots of other records, for example A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the site for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you type a domain in your web browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you will be sent to the servers of another company if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having different records for the site and the emails means that you may have your website and your e-mails with 2 different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a Linux shared hosting service through our company, you'll be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. Provided that a specific domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change specific records through our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails pointed to another provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our advanced tool is going to permit you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name at all. If you choose to use the email services of another provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with just a couple of mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for each of your domain addresses or subdomains is very easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are handled using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section committed to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any troubles if you decide to move your site or e-mails to some other company while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you may also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.