Each registered domain name has at least two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain name to the servers of a certain hosting company. That 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), on the other hand, there are a number of other records, such as A and MX. The first one shows 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 deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you enter a domain name in your browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be sent to the servers of another provider if 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 may have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting account from our company and you would like to direct either your website or your emails to a different service provider, it will take you literally simply two clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it's not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of each record that you modify or set up isn't going to take more than several hours and if needed, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to provide you with 100 % control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different company and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.