Each registered domain has no less than two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a particular web hosting company. In this way, you have got both your site and your e-mails managed by the exact same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are lots of other records, like A and MX. The former shows which server deals with the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you type a domain name in your browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of another company if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having different records for the website and the emails means that you may have your website and your e-mails with two different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

With a shared website hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily via our innovative Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records will take two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any difficulties. We've got a large help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to change your email provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have complete control over your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the Linux semi-dedicated servers which we provide, you are going to have full control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and changing any record requires only a few clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can edit the required record and point your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still carry on using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain address here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.