Every registered domain has a minimum of 2 Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a certain web hosting company. This way, you have both your site and your e-mails managed by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are lots of other records, for instance A and MX. The former shows which server deals with the website for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, whenever you enter a domain name 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 will be forwarded to the servers of a different provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having different records for the site and the emails means you can have your website and your emails with two different providers if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting from us, you'll be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your domains. Provided that a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to modify particular records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails directed to another provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain in any way. If you want to use the email services of another company and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do this with simply a few clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you are going to be able to view and change the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to handle the account, comes with an advanced, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to modify their records with no more than several clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you choose to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. If you ever experience any problems, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.