When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three 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, 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 specific Internet domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are often regarded as one thing, while they're in reality two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you want. As an example, some new provider can have fantastic uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the emails with the latter, 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 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 have 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

If you have a Linux shared website hosting through us, you're going to be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your domain names. So long as a given domain name has our Name Servers, you'll be able to change particular records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or e-mails directed to another company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address at all. If you choose to use the e-mail services of another company and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do this with just a few mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to view and edit the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains that you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, 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 will be able to change their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be equally simple - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be ready. Additionally, you'll 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 set up additional records apart from the 2 default ones. If you ever encounter any troubles, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.