Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are set up automatically right after the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular domain. The site and the email hosting are generally considered to be one thing, while they are in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you wish. As an illustration, some new provider may have exceptional uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your emails 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 could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in any 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've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a Linux cloud web hosting package through our company, you'll be able to view, create and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. So long as a particular domain name has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify certain records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or e-mails pointed to any other provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even enable you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your CP. Also you can set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.

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 change the A and MX records for any one of the domain names or subdomains which you host within the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to control the account, provides an innovative, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it'll be just as simple - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you will be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records which 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 2 standard ones. In case you encounter any problems, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.