Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically the moment 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, when they're in reality two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you want. For example, 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 Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you will get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in either case, the company whose name servers are used for the 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 email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting which we provide, will allow you to view, modify and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, for example, you wish to use the email services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you are going to be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even if you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you'll be able to see and update the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, comes with an innovative, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to edit their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the 2 default ones. In case you encounter any problems, you will find a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.