Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific company. On their end, three records are set up automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the emails for that specific domain name. The site and the email hosting are generally thought to be one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new company can have excellent uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - either way, the 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'll see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting plan from us, you will be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your domains. As long as a specific domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to modify specific records through our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or e-mails directed to another provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even enable you to have a domain name 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 another service provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with just a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your CP. You can even set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our semi-dedicated plans, will allow you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with total control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.