Every registered domain has a minimum of 2 Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain name to the servers of a specific website hosting provider. That way, you've got both your site and your emails managed 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, like A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the website for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you type a domain name in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you could be forwarded to the servers of a different company if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having different records for the website and the emails suggests that you could have your site and your emails with two different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account with our company and you want to move either your site or your e-mails to another company, it will take you literally simply 2 clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two, it won't take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. You may also 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 change or create won't take more than a few hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, allows you to view the A and MX records for any of the domains or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is quite easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our video tutorials 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 give you 100 % control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.