Every single registered domain name has no less than two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a particular web hosting company. This way, you have both your site and your emails managed by the same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, for instance A and MX. The first one shows which server handles the website for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, whenever you enter a domain in your browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you could be forwarded to the servers of a different service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having independent records for the site and the emails means you may have your site and your e-mails with 2 different providers if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
With a shared website hosting plan from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily by using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any problems. We also have an in depth help section that'll make things even easier. If you would like to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can select their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have 100 % control of your domain addresses 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 plans that we offer, you're going to have 100 % control over the records of all domains 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 editing any record requires only a couple of clicks. If you want to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can update the necessary record and direct your domain to the other service provider for one of the services, as you still continue using the other one through us. You could also keep the main domain address here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.