When 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 set up automatically right after the domain address 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 manages the emails for that particular domain name. The site and the email hosting are often thought to be one thing, while they're in reality two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you would like. For example, some new service provider may have outstanding uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the service provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain will 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 site or your email is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you have a cloud web hosting through us, you will be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your domains. Provided that a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify certain records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or emails directed to any other provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our state-of-the-art tool will even permit you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain the slightest bit. If you choose to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do that with simply a couple of clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can even 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 Hosting
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domain names or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are maintained using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any troubles if you wish to switch your site or e-mails to another company while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you can also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the instructions of the new provider.