When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that handles the emails for that specific Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are often regarded as one thing, when they are actually two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you'd like. As an example, some new provider may have exceptional uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address 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 want to open a site or send an e-mail - in either case, the company 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'll see the needed site or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting account through our company and you would like to direct either your site or your e-mails to another company, it'll take you literally only 2 clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel provides an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the standard two, it won't take more than a few clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the higher the priority a given MX record is going to have. The propagation of any record that you change or create will not take more than several hours and if required, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will remain active after it is modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for each of your domain addresses or subdomains is really easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record will be as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any problems if you decide to move your website or e-mails to an alternative company while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority based on the instructions of the new provider.