Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are created 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 where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the e-mails for that specific domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are often perceived as one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For instance, some new company may have excellent uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an email - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the 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 Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you want to direct either your site or your e-mails to another company, it'll take you literally simply two mouse clicks to do this. Our Hepsia Control Panel comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to 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 create more MX records than the standard two, it's not going to take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a given MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you change or set up is not going to take more than a few hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you will be able to view and edit the A and MX records for any one of the domains or subdomains you host within the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to take care of the account, offers an advanced, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to modify their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally easy - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the two standard ones. If you encounter any difficulties, we've got a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or edit any record.