When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific provider. On their end, three records are created automatically right after the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the emails for that particular Internet domain. The site and the email hosting are often regarded as one thing, while they are in reality two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you would like. As an illustration, some new company could have exceptional uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your e-mail messages from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain address to the former and MX records to have the e-mails with the second, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an email - either way, the company 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 email will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

With a cloud web hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily via our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires just a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any issues. We've got an extensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you would like to change your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you'll have total control over your domains and subdomains and you're going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.