The term “hosting” does not describe a particular service, but a variety of services that offer a variety of functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, for instance, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people consider 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 specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which defines where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the emails for the domain name. As an 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 email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a 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 email will be directed to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting package from us, you are going to be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record requires just a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any difficulties. We have a large help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have full control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domain addresses or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't encounter any difficulties if you wish to point your website or emails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you can also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the recommendations of the new provider.