The word “hosting” doesn't describe a single service, but several services which offer a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, for example, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. The truth is, each and every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a site or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the e-mail will then be directed to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every hosting we provide, will enable you to see, modify and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Setting up new records is just as easy if, as an illustration, you want to use the e-mail services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. Also you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Using our innovative tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our semi-dedicated servers, allows you to see the A and MX records for each of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you total control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your emails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.