Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically when 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 name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the emails for that particular domain address. The website and the email hosting are usually regarded as one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an example, some new service provider might have fantastic uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to 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 e-mail will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you wish to direct either your site or your emails to another company, it's going to take you literally only two mouse clicks to do it. Our Hepsia Control Panel comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you are going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard two, it won't take more than a few mouse clicks either to add them. You can even set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or set up will not take more than a few hours and if required, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that shows how long a record will stay active after it's modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for each of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, comes with an advanced, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to modify their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as easy - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you will be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you choose to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records besides the 2 default ones. In case you experience any problems, we have a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.