Every single registered domain name has at least two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain address to the servers of a certain hosting provider. In this way, you have got both your website and your e-mails handled by the same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are a number of other records, like A and MX. The former reveals which server handles the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter shows which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, whenever you enter a domain in your web browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain uses and from there you could be sent to the servers of another provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the website and the emails means that you could have your website and your emails with two different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

With a shared website hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any issues. We have a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you want to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you'll have complete control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the semi-dedicated hosting packages we provide, you are going to have total control over the records of all domains and subdomains which you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has using the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and editing any record requires just a few mouse clicks. If you want to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can change the required record and point your domain name to the other company for one of the services, as you still carry on using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain address here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.