Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically when the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The website and the e-mail hosting are usually considered to be 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'd like. As an example, some new service provider can have excellent uptime for your website, but you may 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 companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to 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'll see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

With a shared website hosting package from our company, you will be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease by using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any problems. We've got a large help section that will make things even easier. If you wish to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you will have 100 % control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will permit you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing 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 instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with 100 % control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.