Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, three 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, that “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are usually regarded as one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an illustration, some new company might have superb uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain address to the first and MX records to have the emails with the second, you will get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain will 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 will see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux cloud web hosting package which we offer, allows you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is equally easy if, as an illustration, you want to use the email services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for every 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 if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. With our advanced tool, you're going to be able to handle 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

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain addresses or subdomains is incredibly easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not experience any problems if you decide to point your website or emails to an alternative provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you could also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.