When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically when the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that particular domain name. The site and the email hosting are usually considered to be one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you want. As an illustration, some new provider can have outstanding uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name 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 website or send an e-mail - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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're going to see the needed website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux website hosting package we provide, will allow you to see, modify and create A and MX records for each Internet domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, for instance, you would like to use the e-mail services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Using our sophisticated tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even when you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated packages, will enable you to see the A and MX records for each of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy as all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to give you complete control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.