Each registered domain has a minimum of two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your Internet domain to the servers of a certain website hosting company. That way, you have got both your site and your e-mails managed by the exact same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, for example A and MX. The former shows which server manages the site for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you type a domain address in your web browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be forwarded to the servers of another provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having different records for the website and the emails means that you may have your site and your e-mails with 2 different providers if you wish.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account through our company and you wish to point either your site or your emails to an alternative service provider, it'll take you literally just two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two, it won't take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a certain MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you modify or create will not take more than several hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will stay active after it's changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you'll be able to see and change the A and MX records for any one of the domain names or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to control the account, comes with an innovative, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to edit their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be just as simple - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you'll be ready. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the two standard ones. In case you experience any issues, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.