Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically right after the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the emails for that particular domain. The website and the email hosting are often thought to be one thing, while they are actually two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you would like. As an example, some new service provider might have fantastic uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name 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 whenever you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the domain name 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're going to see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux cloud web hosting which we provide, allows you to view, change and set up A and MX records for every domain or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You can even set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. With our state-of-the-art tool, you're going to be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains easily even when you have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any issues, you can check out our instructional 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 sophisticated enough to give you full control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.