Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically when 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 address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the emails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the email hosting are generally thought to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an illustration, some new provider can have fantastic uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mails 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 second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain name 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'll see the needed website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from us, you will be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains easily using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records takes two clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any troubles. We also have a large help section that'll make things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will deal with your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you'll have total control of your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is extremely easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as simple as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any issues if you choose to move your site or e-mails to some other company while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.