Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically as soon as 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 name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that deals with the e-mails for that specific domain name. The website and the e-mail hosting are generally thought to be one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you wish. For example, some new company could have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the latter, you can get the best of both providers. 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 domain address 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 are going to see the needed website or your email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly via our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any troubles. We have an in depth help section that makes things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have 100 % control over your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.