Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain name 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 usually perceived as one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new provider can have excellent 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 second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in any case, the service provider 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 correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux cloud hosting service which we offer, will allow you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to view 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 couple of mouse clicks. Setting up new records is as simple if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You may also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your e-mails 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. With our sophisticated tool, you are going to be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly 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 any one of your domains or subdomains is incredibly easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you may click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't encounter any problems if you choose to move your website or emails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you could also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.