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 point your domain address to the servers of a particular web hosting company. That way, you've got both your site and your emails managed by the very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there is a variety of other records, like A and MX. The former shows which server handles the site for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you type a domain name in your web 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 directed to the servers of another provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having different records for the website and the emails means that you can have your website and your e-mails with 2 different providers if you wish.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and you wish to switch either your site or your e-mails to an alternative provider, it is going to take you literally simply two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will 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 create more MX records than the standard 2, it won't take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You could also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you modify or set up will not take more than a few hours and if needed, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will remain active after it's changed or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated packages, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is very easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with total control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.