When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the email hosting are often perceived as one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. For example, some new company may have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain address to the first 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 wish to open a site or send an e-mail - either way, 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 have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting plan through us, you're going to be able to see, create and change any A or MX record for your domain names. Provided that a specific Internet domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to change particular records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or emails pointed to any other company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even permit you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name in any way. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to set up more than two MX records, you can easily do it with only a few clicks in the DNS Records section of your CP. You can even set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you will be able to see and edit the A and MX records for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to handle the account, provides an state-of-the-art, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to change their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it'll be equally simple - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records apart from the two default ones. If you experience any issues, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.