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 particular provider. On their end, 3 records are set up automatically the moment the domain address is added - one A record and two MX records. The former is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the Internet domain where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the e-mails for that particular domain name. The site and the e-mail hosting are often thought to be one thing, when they are in reality two different services. Having different records for them will allow you to have them with different companies if you want. As an example, some new company could have fantastic uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your emails from your current host and by employing an A record to point the domain address to the former and MX records to have the emails with the second, you can get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you wish to open a website or send an e-mail - either way, the company whose name servers are used for the domain address is going to be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the right web/mail server will then be contacted and you'll see the needed website 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 our company, you will be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any issues. We also 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 standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you're going to be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.