Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific service provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment the domain name 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 deals with the e-mails for that particular domain. The site and the email hosting are usually considered to be one thing, when they are in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you'd like. For instance, some new provider might have superb uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in either case, the service 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 correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to see the needed website or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting plan through us, you will be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. As long as a given domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change specific records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or e-mails pointed to another company if you wish to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool will 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 choose to use the email services of another provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do that with just a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You may also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.