Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically right after the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the emails for that particular Internet domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are often considered to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you would like. As an example, some new service provider can have exceptional uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an email - in any case, 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 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 Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with our company and you wish to move either your site or your emails to a different service provider, it'll take you literally simply 2 clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it's not going to take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you change or create won't take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will stay active after it's modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host within the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to manage the account, offers an sophisticated, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally easy - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records apart from the two default ones. In case you experience any troubles, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.