Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically the moment the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that particular domain. The site and the email hosting are typically thought to be one thing, while they are in reality two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you'd like. As an illustration, some new provider may 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 to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the 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 will see the needed website or your email is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you have a Linux cloud web hosting service from our company, you're going to be able to view, set up and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. As long as a specific Internet domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change specific records using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails directed to another company if you would like to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool is going to enable you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you want to use the email services of a different service provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with simply a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. Also you can set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated hosting, will allow you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any issues, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you total control over all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.