The term “hosting” does not describe a particular service, but a variety of services which provide various functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so many people think of them as one single service. In fact, each domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which specifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain address. As an example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux hosting package we offer you, allows you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain within your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Setting up new records is just as simple if, as an illustration, 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 even set the priority for every single 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 if the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Through our advanced tool, you are going to be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even when you have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains that you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to take care of the account, offers an state-of-the-art, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than a couple of clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be equally simple - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records apart from the 2 standard ones. In case you encounter any issues, we have a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.