When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 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, which “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The website and the email hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they're in reality two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an illustration, some new service provider could have excellent 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 will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain 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're going to see the needed website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

If you have a website hosting account from our company and you wish to point either your site or your emails to a different provider, it is going to take you literally only two clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard two, it won't take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of each record that you modify or set up is not going to take more than a few hours and if necessary, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that shows how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will enable you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up 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 create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you full control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.