The term “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a set of services which offer various functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, for instance, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. In reality, every domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the site 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 would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one company and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we provide, will allow you to view, modify and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Setting up new records is equally simple if, for example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can even 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 in case the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you'll be able to manage the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you'll be able to view and edit the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, offers an advanced, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be equally easy - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be ready. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you choose to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the 2 default ones. If you ever encounter any difficulties, you will find a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.