Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically as soon as the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the e-mails for that particular domain name. The website and the email hosting are often considered to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you want. As an illustration, some new provider can have superb uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an email - either way, 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're going to see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

With a hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily via our sophisticated Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any complications. We've got an extensive help section that will make things even easier. If you wish to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you will have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to see the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to edit any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy as 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. Setting up a new one takes only a few more clicks and if you experience any problems, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you full control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.