Each registered domain has no less than two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain address to the servers of a certain website hosting company. This way, you have got both your website and your e-mails managed by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there is a variety of other records, for example A and MX. The former reveals which server manages the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you type a domain in your web 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 forwarded to the servers of another provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the website and the e-mails means that you can have your website and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting service from us, you'll be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your domains. Provided that a specific Internet domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change particular records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or emails directed to another company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name at all. If you want to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do this with only a couple of mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You may also set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will allow you to view the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to change any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you complete control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.