When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, three records are set up automatically right after the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain address. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you would like. As an illustration, some new service provider might have exceptional uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you will 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 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 Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux web hosting that we offer you, allows you to see, change and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, for example, you wish to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you are going to be able to manage the records of your domains and subdomains with ease even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.