Whenever you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that particular service provider. On their end, three records are set up automatically right after the domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, which “tells” the domain name where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they show the server that manages the emails for that particular domain name. The site and the email hosting are generally considered to be one thing, while they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will enable you to have them with different providers if you wish. As an example, some new provider may have superb uptime for your website, but you might not want to switch your emails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name 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 site or send an email - either way, 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 will see the needed site or your e-mail will be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting plan from our company, you'll be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease by using our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records requires 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any complications. We've got an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the standard two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have complete control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.