When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular domain name. The website and the email hosting are often perceived as one thing, while they are in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you'd like. As an example, some new service provider can have excellent uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in any case, the provider 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 website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

With a hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily through our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any difficulties. We have a comprehensive help section that makes things even easier. If you wish to switch your e-mail provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will deal with your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have full control of your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is extremely easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are managed by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing 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 difficulties if you want to switch your website or e-mails to a different company while keeping the second service with our company. If necessary, you can also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.