Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. 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 where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the emails for that particular domain address. The site and the email hosting are typically perceived as one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you wish. For instance, some new company could have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the emails 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 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 have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you wish to direct either your website or your emails to another service provider, it'll take you literally simply 2 mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two, it will not take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or create won't take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that reveals how long a record will stay active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you'll be able to view and edit the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to take care of the account, offers an state-of-the-art, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than several clicks. If you have to create a new record, it'll be equally easy - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the two standard ones. If you ever encounter any issues, you will find a detailed Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.