Every registered domain has no less than 2 Name Server records which 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. This way, you have got both your site and your emails handled by the very same company. 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 shows which server manages the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, whenever you type a domain in your Internet browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you may be forwarded to the servers of a different company if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having independent records for the website and the e-mails means that you could have your site and your emails with 2 different companies if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting through our company, you are going to be able to see, set up and change any A or MX record for your domain names. Provided that a specific domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to change specific records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails pointed to another provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool is going to allow you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a couple of mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. Also you can 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 changing the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any difficulties if you choose to switch your site or e-mails to a different provider while keeping the second service with our company. When needed, you may also create additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.