Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically when the Internet 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the e-mails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the email hosting are generally thought to be one thing, when they're actually two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you want. For example, some new provider could have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet 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 want to open a website or send an email - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a Linux cloud website hosting from us, you are going to be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. Provided that a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to change certain records through our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or e-mails pointed to another service provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool is going to permit you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address the slightest bit. If you want to use the email services of another service provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with only a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. Also you can set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
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 update the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains that you host within the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to manage the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to modify their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. 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 aside from the two standard ones. If you experience any problems, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.