Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the e-mails for that specific domain name. The website and the email hosting are generally regarded as one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you would like. For example, some new provider may have exceptional uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name to the former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - in either case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain will 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're going to see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux web hosting package which we offer you, will enable you to view, modify and create A and MX records for each domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, for example, you want to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. Additionally you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Using our advanced tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you are going to be able to see and edit the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to manage the account, provides an advanced, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to edit their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it's going to be equally easy - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the two default ones. If you ever experience any troubles, you will find a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.