Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, three records are created automatically the moment the Internet domain 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the e-mails for that specific Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are usually thought to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you would like. For example, some new service provider could have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an email - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain name will 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 website or your email is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting account from our company and you want to move either your site or your emails to another provider, it'll take you literally just two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you choose to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard two, it will not take more than a few clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or create is not going to take more than a few hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you're going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to handle the account, provides an advanced, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to change their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally easy - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you'll be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you choose to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the two default ones. If you experience any issues, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.