When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, three records are set up automatically as soon as the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the emails for that particular Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are usually thought to be one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an illustration, some new provider may have exceptional uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the Internet domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an e-mail - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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 will see the needed website or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
With a shared website hosting package from our company, you'll be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly via our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any troubles. We also have a large help section that'll make things even easier. If you want to change your email provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the standard two, you can select their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have total control over your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With the Linux semi-dedicated packages we offer, you'll have total control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each of them has through the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and modifying any record takes just a couple of clicks. If you want to change your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can update the required record and direct your domain address to the other company for one of the services, as you still carry on using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain address here, while you edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you're changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for each and every one.