Each registered domain has a minimum of two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain address to the servers of a particular hosting company. That way, you have both your site and your emails handled by the very 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 former shows which server deals with the site for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you type a domain address in your web 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 directed to the servers of another company in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having independent records for the site and the emails means that you may have your site and your e-mails with two different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily through our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any issues. We have an extensive help section that will make things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can select their priority i.e. which record will handle your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to 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 Hosting

With the semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, you're going to have 100 % control over the records of all domain names and subdomains that 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 modifying any record requires only a couple of mouse clicks. If you decide to switch your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can change the necessary record and point your domain name to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still carry on 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 default two that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.