Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, three records are created automatically the moment the Internet domain 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that particular domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you wish. For instance, some new company can 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 name to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed website or your email 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 which we offer you, will permit you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain within your account. Through 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 corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, for instance, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can even set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, 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 is going to contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains with ease even if you have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for each of your domain addresses or subdomains is really easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are managed by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any issues if you want to direct your site or emails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the instructions of the new provider.