Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically when the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are typically considered to be one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you would like. As an illustration, some new service provider may have fantastic 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 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 wish 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've 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 Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account through our company and you wish to point either your site or your emails to an alternative company, it will take you literally just two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you choose to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it won't take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a given MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you change or set up will not take more than a few hours and if required, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you are going to be able to view and update the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains which you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to handle the account, provides an state-of-the-art, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to edit their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as simple - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you'll be all set. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records aside from the 2 standard ones. If you ever experience any issues, we've got a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.