The term “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but several services which offer a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an example, are two separate services although in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. In reality, every domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which defines where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain address. For example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an e-mail, 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. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be directed to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared web hosting package we provide, will allow you to view, change and set up A and MX records for every Internet domain or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is just as easy if, as an illustration, you wish to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. Using our advanced tool, you're going to be able to manage the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our semi-dedicated hosting, allows you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is quite easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes only a few more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % control over all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.