When you add a domain 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 when the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain address where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the emails for that specific Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are typically considered to be one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you'd like. For example, some new provider could have fantastic uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name 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 whenever you want to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain is going to 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 website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you want to direct either your site or your emails to an alternative provider, it's going to take you literally only 2 mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two, it will not take more than a few clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you modify or create won't take more than a few hours and if required, you'll 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 Hosting

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you will be able to see and edit the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to take care of the account, comes with an advanced, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to edit their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be just as simple - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you will be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records besides the 2 default ones. If you ever encounter any problems, we've got a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.