Every registered domain name has at least 2 Name Server records which show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your Internet domain to the servers of a specific hosting provider. That way, you have both your site and your emails managed by the exact same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are lots of other records, for example A and MX. The first one reveals which server handles the site for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server deals with the emails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an example, any time you enter a domain name in your browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you may be directed to the servers of a different company provided 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 you can have your site and your e-mails with two different providers if you'd like.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a Linux cloud hosting through us, you will be able to see, create and change any A or MX record for your domains. Assuming that a given domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to change particular records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or e-mails pointed to another provider if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool is going to permit you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain at all. If you want to use the email services of a different company 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 also set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.