Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically when 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 where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the emails for that specific domain name. The site and the e-mail hosting are usually regarded as one thing, when they're in reality two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you would like. For instance, some new provider may have excellent 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 emails with the second, you will 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 Internet domain is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed site or your email is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting package from our company, you'll be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly using our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any issues. We also have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you wish to change your email 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 somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you're going to have full control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we offer, you'll have 100 % control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has using the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and modifying any record requires as little as a few mouse clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can edit the required record and direct your domain name to the other service provider for one of the services, while you still carry on using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain name here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you are editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard two we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.