Every single registered domain name has no less than two Name Server records that show where it's hosted i.e. by using these records you point your domain address to the servers of a specific hosting provider. This way, you have both your site and your emails managed by the very same service provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), on the other hand, there is a variety of other records, for instance A and MX. The former reveals which server deals with the website for a given domain name and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one reveals which server deals with the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, whenever you enter a domain 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 could be forwarded 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 address. Having independent records for the site and the e-mails means you could have your website and your e-mails with two different providers if you wish.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting plan through us, you will be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your domains. Assuming that a particular domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to modify particular records using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails directed to another provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our state-of-the-art tool is going to enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain at all. If you decide to use the email services of another provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a couple of clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.