Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically right after the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that deals with the emails for that particular domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are generally perceived as one thing, while they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you want. For example, some new company may have fantastic 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 emails with the latter, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an email - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain will 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'll see the needed website or your email is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account from our company and you would like to move either your website or your e-mails to an alternative company, it'll take you literally just two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it will not 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 greater the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you change or create will not take more than several hours and if needed, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that reveals 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 CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated servers, allows you to see the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create 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 enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your emails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.