Every single registered domain has no less than two Name Server records which show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain address to the servers of a specific website hosting company. This way, you've got both your website and your emails managed by the exact same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), nevertheless, there are a number of other records, such as A and MX. The former shows which server manages the website for a given domain address and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). For example, any time you enter a domain address in your browser, your request is sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you will be forwarded to the servers of another company provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your domain name. Having separate records for the website and the e-mails means you could have your site and your emails with two different companies if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every hosting which we provide, will enable you to see, change and create A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is as simple if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly even when you have no previous experience with such matters.