When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are set up automatically when the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain. The website and the e-mail hosting are typically regarded as one thing, when they're in reality two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you wish. As an example, some new company could have superb 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 name to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you will get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in either case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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 are going to see the needed website or your e-mail is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting account from our company and you want to move either your website or your e-mails to another provider, it's going to take you literally just two clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you're going to be able to see and edit 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 default 2, it is not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. You could also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you modify or set up will not take more than a few hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will remain active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will permit you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to change any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you complete control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.