Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the emails for that particular Internet domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For instance, some new service provider may have outstanding uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - in either case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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 is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account from our company and you would like to direct either your website or your e-mails to an alternative service provider, it is going to take you literally only 2 clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you'll 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 set up more MX records than the default 2, it's not going to take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You can even set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of each record that you modify or set up isn't going to take more than several hours and if necessary, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will stay active after it is changed or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our semi-dedicated plans, will enable you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will 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 just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to provide you with 100 % control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.