The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but a number of services which offer numerous functions to a domain name. Having a website and e-mails, as an illustration, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. In fact, each and every domain name has a couple 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 is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain address. For example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be 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 domain name 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 then be forwarded 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 Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every shared web hosting which we offer you, will allow you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, as an example, you want to use the e-mail services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you're going to be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even when you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any troubles if you choose to switch your site or e-mails to another provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the instructions of the new provider.