The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but a set of services that provide various functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, for example, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people think of them as one single service. Actually, each and every domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain. As an example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a website or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain name has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. When 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 employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one company and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared website hosting which we offer you, will permit you to see, change and set up A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you'll be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is equally easy if, for example, you would like to use the email services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Using our sophisticated tool, you'll be able to manage the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will allow you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains in your account and if required, to update any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, you can check out our video tutorials on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you 100 % control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.