Every registered domain name has a minimum of two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a certain hosting company. In this way, you have got both your site and your e-mails handled by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, 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 second one shows which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, when you type a domain name in your web 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 company in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having independent records for the website and the e-mails means that you can have your site and your emails with two different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and you want to direct either your website or your emails to another provider, it will take you literally just two clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides 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 want to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it's not going to take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You could 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 each record that you modify or set up won't take more than a few hours and if necessary, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that reveals how long a record will stay active after it is modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is really easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained through our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not experience any problems if you want to direct your website or e-mails to a different company while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.