Every single registered domain has no less than two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain name to the servers of a particular web hosting provider. This way, you have got both your website and your e-mails handled by the very same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are lots of other records, such as A and MX. The first one reveals which server deals with the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you enter a domain 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 will be directed to the servers of another company if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having independent records for the website and the e-mails means that you could have your site and your emails with two different companies if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting through our company, 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 specific domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify particular records through our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails directed to any other provider if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our state-of-the-art tool will even permit you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you decide to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than two MX records, you can easily do it with only a couple of mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your CP. You may also set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With the semi-dedicated servers which we offer, you are going to have total control over the records of all domains and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and modifying any record requires simply a few mouse clicks. If you choose to change your web or email hosting provider, you can change the required record and point your domain address to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still keep using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default two that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every single one.