Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that specific domain name. The website and the email hosting are generally considered to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For example, some new company might have exceptional uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an email - in either 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 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 Web Hosting
With a web hosting package from us, you are going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly via our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any complications. We also have an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you want to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will deal with your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have total control of your domains and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With the semi-dedicated hosting service that we offer, you're going to have full control over the records of all domains and subdomains which you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has via the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and editing any record requires just a few clicks. If you choose to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can change the required record and point your domain name to the other company for one of the services, while you still carry on using the other one through us. You could also keep the main domain name here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.