Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are typically regarded as one thing, while they're actually 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 company can have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, 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 either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain name 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're going to see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account through our company and you wish to switch either your site or your emails to a different company, it will take you literally only two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel 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 modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it will not take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a certain MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you modify or create will not take more than a few hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that shows how long a record will stay active after it is modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is very easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are managed using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you may click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any troubles if you decide to switch your site or e-mails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.