Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically the moment 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 where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the emails for that particular domain address. The site and the email hosting are often regarded as one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having independent records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For instance, some new company 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 Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain address will 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 Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting package that we offer you, will enable you to view, modify and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, as an illustration, you wish to use the email services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our advanced tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you are going to be able to see and edit the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains that you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, offers an state-of-the-art, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to change their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it'll be equally simple - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you will be ready. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the 2 standard ones. If you encounter any troubles, you will find a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.