Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, three 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 domain address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that handles the emails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are often considered to be one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having separate records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an illustration, some new service provider could have exceptional uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain name to the first and MX records to have the emails with the latter, 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've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed site or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

With a web hosting package from us, you're going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly by using our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record requires just a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any troubles. We also have a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have complete control over your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.