Every registered domain name has a minimum of two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a particular website hosting company. In this way, you have both your site and your e-mails managed by the exact same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there is a variety of other records, for example 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 manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you enter a domain address 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 directed to the servers of another provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having different records for the website and the emails means that you can have your site and your emails with two different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

If you have a Linux hosting from us, you are going to be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a specific domain has our Name Servers, you will be able to change specific records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or e-mails directed to another company if you want to use only one of our services. Our advanced tool is going to enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name in any way. If you choose to use the email services of a different provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with only a couple of mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. 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

The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.