Whenever you add a domain name as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to direct it to that specific company. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment 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 website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the email hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they're in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will enable you to have them with different companies if you wish. As an example, some new company might have superb uptime for your website, 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 name to the former and MX records to have the emails with the latter, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a site or send an email - in any case, the service provider whose name servers are used for the domain address 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're going to see the needed site or your email will be delivered.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
With a shared web hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease by using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any troubles. We have an extensive help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will manage 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 will have total control of your domains and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.