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 as soon as the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one 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 deals with the emails for that particular domain. The site and the e-mail hosting are typically thought to be one thing, while they are in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an illustration, some new provider might have exceptional uptime for your website, but you might 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 former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain name 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 will see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

If you have a hosting plan from our company, you'll be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your domain names. As long as a specific domain name has our Name Servers, you will be able to modify particular records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or e-mails directed to any other service provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool is going to permit you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain the slightest bit. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do it with just a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.