Every registered domain has at least two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a specific website hosting company. In this way, you have got both your website and your e-mails handled by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, for instance A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, when you enter a domain name in your Internet browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you could be directed to the servers of a different service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having independent records for the website and the emails means that you can have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you would like to point either your website or your emails to another company, it's going to take you literally only two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard two, it will not take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of any record that you change or create isn't going to take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will permit you to view the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to change any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to provide you with full control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.