Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically as soon as the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the emails for that particular domain name. The site and the e-mail hosting are typically regarded as one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you want. As an illustration, some new service provider may have exceptional 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 Internet domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an email - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain will 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'll see the needed site or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux cloud package that we offer you, will permit you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update will not take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is equally simple if, for instance, you would like to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you're going to be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are managed using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domains. 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 even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any difficulties if you decide to point your site or e-mails to a different provider while keeping the second service with our company. If necessary, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.