When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically right after the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are usually regarded as one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you wish. For example, some new company might have outstanding uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the Internet domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the Internet domain 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 email is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from our company, you're going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease through our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records requires 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any problems. We have a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to change your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete 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 modifying the A or MX records for any one of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't encounter any difficulties if you choose to switch your site or emails to a different company while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.