Each registered domain 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 certain website hosting company. That way, you have both your website and your e-mails handled by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are lots of other records, for instance A and MX. The former reveals which server handles the site for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, any time you type a domain name in your Internet browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you will be forwarded to the servers of a different company provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having independent records for the site and the emails suggests that you could have your site and your emails with two different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from our company, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease through our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any problems. We have an in depth help section that'll make things even easier. If you wish to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you're going to have 100 % control over your domains and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting we offer, you are going to 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 every one of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and modifying any record takes only a couple of mouse clicks. If you decide to change your web or email hosting provider, you can update the required record and point your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still keep using the other one through us. You could also keep the main domain here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each one.