Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, three records are created 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 domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are usually perceived as one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you'd like. For example, some new service provider may have fantastic uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain will 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 are going to see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every cloud web hosting we provide, allows you to view, modify and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you would like to use the email services of another provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domain addresses or subdomains is extremely easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are maintained through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any difficulties if you decide to direct your site or emails to an alternative service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you may also create additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.