Every single registered domain has at least two Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a certain hosting company. That way, you've got both your site and your emails handled by the very same service provider. 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 shows which server deals with the site for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, when you enter a domain in your Internet browser, your request is sent 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 service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having separate records for the website and the e-mails means that you may have your site and your e-mails with 2 different providers if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a Linux shared hosting from us, you're going to be able to view, set up and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to modify certain records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails pointed to any other service provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool is going to allow you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain the slightest bit. If you decide to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You may also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for any one of your domain names or subdomains is incredibly easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are maintained via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any problems if you choose to switch your website or e-mails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When needed, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.