Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific company. On their end, three records are created 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that particular domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an illustration, some new company may have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name 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 wish to open a site or send an email - in either case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

With a cloud web hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease via our sophisticated Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any issues. We also have a large help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have 100 % control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you can click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any troubles if you choose to move your site or emails to another service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When needed, you may also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.