When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are set up automatically as soon as 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 name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that particular domain address. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally regarded as one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new provider can have superb uptime for your site, 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 e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in either case, the company whose name servers are used for the Internet domain is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting plan from our company, you will be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease by using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes two 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'll not encounter any complications. We have a large help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to change your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can select their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have full control of your domains and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide, you will have total control over the records of all domains and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each of them has through the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting CP and editing any record requires just a couple of clicks. If you want to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can change the necessary record and point your domain name to the other company for one of the services, as you still keep using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain address here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for each one.