Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the emails for that particular domain address. The website and the email hosting are typically thought to be one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you wish. As an example, some new service provider might have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

With a hosting package from our company, you'll be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease through our leading-edge Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records takes 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any troubles. We have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control over your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated packages, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.