When you add a domain as hosted in some account, you usually set a pair of Name Servers to point it to that specific company. On their end, three records are set up automatically as soon as the Internet domain is added - one A record and two MX records. The first one is a numeric address, or IP address, that “tells” the domain name where its site is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they indicate the server that manages the emails for that specific domain address. The site and the e-mail hosting are usually perceived as one thing, while they are in fact two different services. Having independent records for them will permit you to have them with different providers if you wish. For example, some new provider can have exceptional uptime for your website, but you may not want to switch your e-mails from your current host and by using an A record to point the domain name to the first and MX records to have the emails with the second, you can get the best of both companies. These records are checked when you want to open a website or send an e-mail - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the domain name is going to 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 is going to be delivered.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from our company, you will be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly via our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records requires 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires just a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any issues. We also have a large help section that'll make things even easier. If you want to switch your e-mail provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you are going to have 100 % control of your domain names and subdomains and you're going to be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.