When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you typically set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, three records are created automatically as soon as the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain name. The website and the e-mail hosting are usually thought to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you'd like. As an illustration, some new provider can have fantastic uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the Internet domain to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - in either case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain name 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 will see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every cloud hosting that we offer, will allow you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for every Internet domain or subdomain in your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is as simple if, for instance, you want to use the email services of another provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. 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 in case the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even if you have no previous experience with such matters.