Every registered domain name 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 specific web hosting provider. That way, you've got both your site and your emails managed by the very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there is a variety of other records, such as A and MX. The former reveals which server handles the website for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, any time you type a domain 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 will be forwarded to the servers of another service provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having independent records for the site and the e-mails means you may have your site and your emails with two different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the semi-dedicated hosting plans we provide, you are going to have full control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records every one of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and modifying any record takes as little as a couple of mouse clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can edit the necessary record and direct your domain name to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still continue using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain name here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard two we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.