Every single registered domain has at least two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a certain website hosting provider. That way, you have got both your site and your e-mails managed by the very same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there is a variety of other records, for example A and MX. The first one reveals which server manages the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, whenever you enter a domain address in your Internet browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be sent to the servers of another company in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having separate records for the site and the emails means you can have your site and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account from our company and you would like to point either your site or your emails to an alternative service provider, it's going to take you literally just 2 mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish 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 couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of every record that you modify or set up won't take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that shows how long a record will stay active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will enable you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so modifying 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 in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our video tutorials 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 give you 100 % 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 emails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.