When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically when the domain name 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 reveal the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain name. The website and the email hosting are generally considered to be one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new provider could have fantastic uptime for your site, 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 former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an e-mail - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the correct 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 Linux shared website hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to view, create and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. As long as a given domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to modify particular records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails pointed to any other provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool is going to allow 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 in any way. If you decide to use the email services of a different company and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do it with only a couple of clicks within the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can even set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated packages, allows you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.