Every single registered domain has a minimum of 2 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 particular website hosting provider. In this way, you have got both your site and your e-mails handled by the very same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, for instance A and MX. The former reveals which server handles the site for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, any time you type a domain address 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 may be forwarded to the servers of a different provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having different records for the website and the emails means you may have your site and your e-mails with two different companies if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

If you have a hosting account with our company and you wish to switch either your site or your e-mails to another provider, it will take you literally simply two clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2, it is not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a given MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you modify or set up isn't going to take more than several hours and if required, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy as all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes only a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, 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 advanced enough to provide you with complete control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.