When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular company. On their end, three records are set up automatically as soon as 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 domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are often perceived as one thing, while they are in fact two different services. Having different records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an example, some new service provider can have superb uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the first and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you will see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated plans, will enable you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes only a few more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you total control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.