When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific company. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment 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 handles the emails for that particular domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are often perceived as one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you want. As an example, some new service provider may have fantastic uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet domain to the first and MX records to have the emails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an email - in either case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain name will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared web hosting package we provide, allows you to see, change and set up A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you wish to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Through our advanced tool, you'll be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you are going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains that you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to handle the account, provides an innovative, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to edit their records with no more than a couple of clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally simple - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the two default ones. If you experience any issues, we have a detailed Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.