Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, three records are set up 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 where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are often thought to be one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you want. As an illustration, some new provider might have fantastic uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, the 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've 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 is going to 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 another service provider, it is going to take you literally only two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides 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 change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2, it won't take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a certain MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you change or set up is not going to take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that indicates how long a record will stay active after it is modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not experience any issues if you wish to move your site or e-mails to some other provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.