Every registered domain has no less than two Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a specific website hosting company. That way, you have got both your website and your e-mails managed by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, for instance A and MX. The former shows which server manages the website for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, whenever you enter a domain name in your Internet browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you could be sent to the servers of another provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the site and the emails means that you can have your website and your emails with two different providers if you wish.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting account through our company and you would like to direct either your site or your emails to an alternative service provider, it is going to take you literally simply 2 mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it is not going to take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of any record that you change or set up will not take more than a few hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you'll be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to manage the account, provides an innovative, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to change their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be just as easy - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you choose to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the two standard ones. In case you encounter any difficulties, you will find a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.