Every registered domain name has no less than 2 Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain address to the servers of a certain web hosting provider. In this way, you have both your website and your e-mails handled by the same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there is a variety of other records, such as A and MX. The first one reveals which server manages the website for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter reveals which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, when you type a domain address in your Internet browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of another service provider in case you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain. Having independent records for the website and the e-mails means that you could have your website and your e-mails with 2 different companies if you wish.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux website hosting package we offer you, will permit you to see, change and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as easy if, as an example, you want to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you're going to be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.