Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular company. On their end, three records are set up automatically when the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the emails for that particular domain name. The website and the email hosting are usually thought to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an example, some new provider can have outstanding uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain name 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're going to see the needed website or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
With a shared hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records requires 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any troubles. We've got an in depth help section that'll make things even easier. If you wish to switch your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the default two, you may choose their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have 100 % control of your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain names or subdomains is incredibly easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record will be as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't experience any issues if you wish to point your website or e-mails to another company while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you can also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.