Every registered domain has at least two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your domain to the servers of a specific web hosting company. This way, you've got both your website and your emails handled by the very same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there are a number of other records, for example A and MX. The first one shows which server deals with the website for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one indicates which server manages the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, any time you enter a domain in your browser, your request is directed through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you will be directed to the servers of a different service provider in case 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 emails suggests that you could have your website and your emails with 2 different companies if you would like.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every website hosting we offer you, will enable you to view, modify and create A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain within your account. Through the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is equally simple if, as an illustration, you want to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Using our sophisticated tool, you are going to be able to control the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.