Every single registered domain has a minimum of two Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you direct your Internet domain to the servers of a certain hosting provider. That way, you've got both your site and your emails handled by the exact same company. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, for example A and MX. The first one shows which server manages the site for a given Internet domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the latter indicates which server manages the e-mails and is always an alphanumeric string (mx1.domain.com). As an illustration, whenever you type a domain address in your web browser, your request is forwarded through the global DNS system to the company whose NS records the domain name uses and from there you could be forwarded to the servers of another service provider if you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having separate records for the website and the emails means you may have your website and your emails with 2 different providers if you would like.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
With a shared website hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily via our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any issues. We've got a large help section that makes things even easier. If you want to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will deal with your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have total control over your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.