The word “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a set of services that offer a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and emails, as an illustration, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. Actually, every single domain name 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 defines 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 address. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a site or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the email will then be directed to the correct server. The reasoning 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 Hosting
With a hosting plan from our company, you're going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease via our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records will take two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any problems. We also have a large help section that will make things even easier. If you wish to change your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will manage your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have complete control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will enable you to view the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you full control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your emails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.