Every registered domain has a minimum of two Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a particular website hosting provider. This way, you have both your site and your emails handled by the very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, like A and MX. The former reveals which server deals with the site for a given domain address 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). As an illustration, whenever you enter a domain in your Internet 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 sent to the servers of a different company in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having different records for the site and the emails means you can have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting package from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease via our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any issues. We've got an extensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you'll have total control of your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we provide, you'll have 100 % control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has via the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and editing any record takes just a couple of mouse clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can edit the required record and point your domain name to the other company for one of the services, as you still continue using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain name here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.