The word “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but a set of services that provide different functions to a domain address. Having a website and emails, for instance, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so a lot of people think of them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the site for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain. For example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a website or send an e-mail, 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 email will then be directed to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting we provide, will enable you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for any domain or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you would like to use the e-mail services of another service 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. Quite 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 will contact the next one. Through our state-of-the-art tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains with ease even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, 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 set up new ones. Controlling 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. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and in case 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 provide you with total control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.