Any time you add a domain 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 right after 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 where its website is, while the other two are alphanumeric and they reveal the server that manages the emails for that particular domain. The site and the email hosting are typically perceived as one thing, while they're in fact two different services. Having separate records for them will permit you to have them with different companies if you wish. For example, some new company may have excellent uptime for your site, but you may not want to switch your emails 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 second, you could get the best of both providers. These records are checked when you want to open a site or send an email - in any case, the provider whose name servers are used for the Internet domain will be contacted to retrieve the A and MX records and if you've set records different from their own, the correct web/mail server will then be contacted and you are going to 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 are going to be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily by using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any problems. We've got an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to change 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 is going to manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have total control over your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.