When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically right after the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain. The website and the email hosting are often regarded as one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you'd like. As an illustration, some new company could have excellent uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the company whose name servers are used for the domain address 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'll see the needed website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux cloud website hosting service that we offer you, will permit you to view, change and create A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, as an example, you wish to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You may also 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'll contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain names or subdomains is extremely easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as simple as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any problems if you wish to point your site or e-mails to a different provider while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you may also create additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.