Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically as soon as the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that particular domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you want. For example, some new service provider may have outstanding uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mails 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 could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an email - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain is going to 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're going to see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting we offer, will enable you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is equally easy if, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different company and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Using our innovative tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even if you have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for any one of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are maintained by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as simple as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any problems if you wish to direct your site or emails to some other provider while keeping the second service with our company. If necessary, you may also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.