The word “hosting” does not describe a single service, but a set of services that offer different functions to a domain name. Having a website and e-mails, for example, are two independent services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so most of the people think of them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain name. As an example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a website or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain address has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will then be directed to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting we offer, will allow you to view, change and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of a different company and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you'll be able to handle 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 Hosting

Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any issues if you choose to direct your site or emails to another provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you could also create additional MX records and set a certain priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.