Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically as soon as the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the e-mails for that specific Internet domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, while they're in reality two different services. Having independent records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you wish. For instance, some new provider may have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages 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 will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the company whose name servers are used for the domain name will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting account from our company and you wish to switch either your website or your e-mails to a different service provider, it'll take you literally just 2 mouse clicks to do this. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit 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 default 2, it's not going to take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you modify or set up won't take more than several hours and if needed, you will 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
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will allow you to view the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains in your account and if required, 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 updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a few more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with 100 % control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.