Every registered domain name has no less than 2 Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a certain hosting provider. This way, you have both your site and your e-mails managed by the very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are a number of other records, such as A and MX. The former reveals which server deals with the site for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, whenever you enter a domain name in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain uses and from there you could be sent to the servers of a different company 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 e-mails means that you could have your website and your emails with 2 different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account from our company and you wish to switch either your site or your emails to a different provider, it will take you literally just 2 mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it will not take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You can even set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or set up is not going to take more than several hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will remain active after it's changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated plans, will enable you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to give you full control over all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.