Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically as soon as the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the e-mails for that specific domain address. The website and the e-mail hosting are often perceived 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. As an example, some new provider might have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mails 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 latter, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in either case, the service provider 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 right 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 Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every website hosting service we offer, will enable you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you will be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Creating new records is equally simple if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. Additionally you can set the priority for every 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 is going to 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

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for each of your domain names or subdomains is very easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are maintained using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section devoted 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 is as simple 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 difficulties if you decide to point your website or emails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you can also create additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.