Any time you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular provider. On their end, 3 records are created automatically the moment 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 address where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that deals with the e-mails for that particular Internet domain. The website and the email hosting are generally regarded as one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. For instance, some new company might have excellent uptime for your site, but you might not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the first 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 want to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain address will 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 will see the needed site or your e-mail is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting plan from us, you'll be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any troubles. We have an extensive help section that will make 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 default two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will deal with your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have total control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.