When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when the domain address 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the emails for that specific Internet domain. The site and the email hosting are often considered to be one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having independent records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you want. As an example, some new provider might have outstanding uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an email - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the right 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 Linux cloud hosting package through us, you'll be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your domains. So long as a particular domain has our Name Servers, you will be able to modify specific records by using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or emails directed to another service provider if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool will even enable you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain name at all. If you want to use the email services of a different company and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with just a couple of clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can even set different latency for each 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 one of your domains or subdomains is really easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are handled through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any troubles if you wish to switch your website or emails to an alternative service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If necessary, you can also create additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.