Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically the moment the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the Internet domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that handles the e-mails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are typically regarded as one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you would like. For example, some new company may have fantastic uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an e-mail - either way, the company whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have 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 is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every website hosting which we offer you, will enable you to view, modify and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, for example, you would like to use the email services of another company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can even set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. With our sophisticated tool, you will be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even if you have no prior experience with such matters.