Every registered domain has at least two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a certain website hosting company. That way, you've got both your site and your e-mails managed by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are lots of other records, for example A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the site for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, any time you type a domain address in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you will be forwarded to the servers of a different service 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 e-mails means that you can have your site and your emails with two different providers if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

With a shared website hosting plan from our company, you will be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly through our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records takes 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any complications. We also have an extensive help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control of your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the semi-dedicated servers which we offer, you're going to have complete control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains which you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and changing any record requires as little as a couple of clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can edit the necessary record and point your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still continue using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain address here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.