Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically when the 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the e-mails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are typically perceived as one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an example, some new service provider could have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain address to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - either way, the 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 Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting plan from our company, you'll be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly via our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records takes two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any difficulties. We also have an in depth help section that makes things even easier. If you wish to switch your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can select their priority i.e. which record will deal with your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have full control over your domains and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is extremely easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are handled through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not experience any troubles if you wish to move your site or e-mails to some other provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.