When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, three records are created automatically as soon as the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are usually thought to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you want. As an illustration, some new provider could have excellent 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 domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in either 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 have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux cloud hosting which we offer, will allow you to see, change and create A and MX records for every domain or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is equally easy if, for instance, you want to use the email services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. 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 in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the semi-dedicated servers we offer, you are going to have total control over the records of all domains and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each of them has via the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and modifying any record takes simply a few clicks. If you choose to switch your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can change the required record and direct your domain name to the other service provider for one of the services, as you still continue using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain address here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every single one.