Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, three records are set up automatically as soon as the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain name. The site and the e-mail hosting are generally regarded as one thing, while they're in reality two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an illustration, some new company might have exceptional uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an email - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain name is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
With a website hosting package from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly using our innovative Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any difficulties. We've got a large help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have total control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With the Linux semi-dedicated service that we provide, you're going to have 100 % control over the records of all domain names and subdomains which you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records every one of them has via the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and changing any record takes only a couple of clicks. If you choose to change your web or email hosting provider, you can update the necessary record and direct your domain address to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still continue using the other one through us. You can also keep the main domain name here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every single one.