When you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular company. On their end, 3 records are created automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are usually perceived as one thing, while they're actually two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new company may have exceptional 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 name 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 email - in any case, the company whose name servers are used for the Internet domain 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 will see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a Linux shared hosting through our company, you're going to be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. So long as a given Internet domain has our Name Servers, you'll be able to change certain records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or emails pointed to any other service provider if you would like to use only one of our services. Our leading-edge tool will even allow you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main Internet domain the slightest bit. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different company and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do that with only a few clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can even set different latency for every MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you are going to be able to see and change the A and MX records for any of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to manage the account, comes with an advanced, albeit easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to edit their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as easy - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you'll be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you choose to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records apart from the two standard ones. If you ever experience any problems, we've got a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.