When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, three records are set up automatically right after the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are typically regarded as one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an example, some new provider could have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain will 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 e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a Linux shared hosting through our company, you are going to be able to see, create and change any A or MX record for your domains. Assuming that a particular domain name has our Name Servers, you'll be able to change specific records by using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails directed to any other service provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our state-of-the-art tool will enable you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain in any way. If you want to use the email services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with simply a few mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain names or subdomains is really easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are handled through our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as simple as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any issues if you wish to move your site or emails to an alternative service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.