Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are generally considered to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you want. As an illustration, some new service provider might have exceptional uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name 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 e-mail - either way, the company 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'll see the needed site or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
With a cloud website hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease through our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records requires 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires just a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any issues. We have a large help section that'll make things even easier. If you wish to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you will have total control of your domains and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With the semi-dedicated servers that we offer, you'll have total control over the records of all domain addresses 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 Control Panel and editing any record requires just a few clicks. If you choose to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can change the required record and direct your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still continue using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain address here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you're editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every single one.