When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment the domain name 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that specific domain address. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you want. For instance, some new provider can have fantastic 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 domain address to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you will get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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 are going to see the needed website or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Hosting
If you have a Linux hosting through our company, you're going to be able to view, create and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. So long as a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify particular records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails pointed to another company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you choose to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they want you to set up more than two MX records, you can easily do this with just a few clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. You may also 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, provided with our semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to edit any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes only a few more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our video tutorials 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 offer you total control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.