Each registered domain has no less than 2 Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain name to the servers of a specific hosting company. This way, you have both your site and your emails handled by the same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are lots of other records, for instance A and MX. The former reveals which server deals with the website for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server handles the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For instance, any time you type a domain address in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of a different provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having independent records for the site and the e-mails means that you may have your website and your emails with 2 different providers if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting account through our company and you want to direct either your website or your e-mails to another company, it'll take you literally just 2 clicks to do this. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two, it is not going to take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. You could also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or create isn't going to take more than a few hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will stay active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple 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 encounter any difficulties if you want to switch your website or emails to another service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.