When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically as soon as the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one 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 e-mails for that specific domain. The site and the email hosting are generally regarded as one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you'd like. For instance, some new service provider could have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the first and MX records to have the emails 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 - 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 correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you're going to see the needed website or your email is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux website hosting we provide, allows you to see, modify and create A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain within your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is as easy if, for example, you wish to use the e-mail services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. Also you can set the priority for each 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'll contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains with ease even when you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, allows you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains are going to 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 if you experience any troubles, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with total control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.