Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically as soon as the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the e-mails for that specific domain name. The website and the e-mail hosting are usually perceived as one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For example, some new company can have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain address to the first 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 site or send an e-mail - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you're going to see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every cloud website hosting plan which we provide, will enable you to see, change and create A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is equally simple if, for instance, you want to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. With our state-of-the-art tool, you're going to be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even if you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are maintained by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on every one 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 though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any problems if you want to move your site or e-mails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.