When you add a domain 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 set up automatically right after the domain name 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are usually considered to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you wish. For example, some new provider may have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked whenever you want to open a website or send an email - in any case, 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 right web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed site or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting through our company, you're going to be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a specific domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change particular records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or e-mails directed to another service provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool will enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name in any way. If you choose to use the email services of another company and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do this with just a couple of clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. Also you can set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to see the A and MX records for any of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy as all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy 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 troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you complete 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 company and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.