Every registered domain name has a minimum of two Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain address to the servers of a specific website hosting provider. In this way, you have both your website and your emails 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 first one shows which server handles the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you enter a domain in your Internet browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you will be sent to the servers of another 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 emails means that you may have your website and your emails with 2 different providers if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a Linux shared website hosting package through our company, you're going to be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. As long as a given domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change particular records by using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or emails directed to any other company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our state-of-the-art tool will even allow you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address the slightest bit. If you choose to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do this with only a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't experience any troubles if you choose to switch your website or e-mails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.