Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically as soon as the domain 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain. The site and the email hosting are typically thought to be one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an illustration, some new provider could have outstanding uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails 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 second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, 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 have set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed site or your email is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account from our company and you wish to switch either your website or your e-mails to an alternative company, it'll take you literally only 2 clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard 2, it won't take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you change or set up is not going to take more than a few hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will stay 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 us, you are going to be able to see and edit the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to take care of the account, comes with an advanced, although easy-to-use tool where 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 couple of mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it'll be equally easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you will be ready. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the 2 default ones. If you ever encounter any troubles, we've got a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.