Each registered domain has a minimum of 2 Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain name to the servers of a specific web hosting provider. In this way, you have both your website and your emails handled by the same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there is a variety of other records, such as A and MX. The former shows which server manages the site for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server handles the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, when you enter a domain name in your web browser, your request is forwarded 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 provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain address. Having different records for the website and the emails means that you can have your website and your e-mails with two different companies if you wish.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a Linux shared hosting through us, you're going to be able to see, set up and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a given domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify particular records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or e-mails directed to any other provider if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool will enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain in any way. If you decide to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with just a couple of mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. You can even set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.