Each registered domain name has at least 2 Name Server records that show where it is hosted i.e. by using these records you point your Internet domain to the servers of a specific web hosting provider. This way, you have got both your website and your e-mails managed by the very same provider. On the lower level of the Domain Name System (DNS), however, there are a number of other records, like A and MX. The former shows which server deals with the site for a given domain and is always an IP address (123.123.123.123), while the second one shows which server deals with 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 sent through the global DNS system to the provider whose NS records the domain address uses and from there you could be forwarded to the servers of another service provider provided you have set an IP address of the latter as an A record for your Internet domain. Having independent records for the site and the emails means that you can have your site and your emails with two different providers if you'd like.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux cloud hosting package that we provide, allows you to see, modify and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is equally simple if, for instance, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, 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. With our innovative tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even when you have no previous experience with such matters.