When you add a domain 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 the moment the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “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 specific Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are typically considered to be one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. For instance, some new service provider might have exceptional uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails 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 can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the company 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 correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you're going to see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a Linux cloud service through our company, you'll be able to view, set up and change any A or MX record for your domain names. So long as a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you will be able to change certain records through our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or emails pointed to another service provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our advanced tool will even enable 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 name in any way. If you choose to use the email services of a different provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with only a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You may also set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our semi-dedicated servers, allows you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to edit any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and in case you experience any issues, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to give you complete 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 company and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.