When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically as soon as the domain 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 site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular domain name. The site and the e-mail hosting are typically considered to be one thing, while they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an illustration, some new provider might have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, the 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're going to see the needed website or your email is going to be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting through our company, you are going to be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your domains. As long as a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to modify certain records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or emails pointed to any other service provider if you want to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool is going to permit you to have a domain name hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted elsewhere by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain at all. If you choose to use the email services of a different provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with simply a couple of clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. Also you can set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you are going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to handle the account, provides an state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to change their records with no more than a couple of clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be just as easy - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the two standard ones. In case you experience any issues, we have a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or edit any record.