Every registered domain name has no less than 2 Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain name to the servers of a particular web hosting company. That way, you've got both your website and your e-mails managed by the same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are lots of other records, like A and MX. The former shows which server manages the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, whenever you type a domain in your web browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you could be sent 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 separate records for the site and the e-mails means you may have your site and your e-mails with two different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you want to move either your website or your emails to a different provider, it'll take you literally simply 2 clicks to do this. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2, it will not take more than a few clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of every record that you modify or create is not going to take more than a few hours and if required, 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 changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our semi-dedicated plans, will permit you to view the A and MX records for any of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy since 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 a few more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you total 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 emails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.