Every single registered domain name has no less than 2 Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a particular web hosting provider. This way, you have got both your site and your emails managed by the very same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there is a variety of other records, such as A and MX. The former reveals which server deals with 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 e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you enter a domain in your Internet browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of another service provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the website and the e-mails means that you could have your website and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account with our company and you wish to point either your website or your e-mails to an alternative service provider, it is going to take you literally just 2 mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it will not take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You could also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a certain MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you modify or set up will not take more than a few hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domain addresses or subdomains is really easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are maintained by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on each 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 in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't encounter any troubles if you want to direct your website or e-mails to some other company while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you could also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.