Any time you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you normally set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific service provider. On their end, three records are created automatically the moment the domain name is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain name. The site and the email hosting are generally perceived as one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you'd like. As an illustration, some new company can have outstanding uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain to the first and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you could get the best of both companies. These records are checked whenever you want to open a site or send an email - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you have set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting

With a shared web hosting package from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease through our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records will take two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any issues. We've got a large help section that makes things even easier. If you wish to switch your email provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to 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 full control over your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.