The word “hosting” doesn't describe a single service, but a variety of services which offer various functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two individual services although in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. The truth is, every domain name 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 identifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the emails for the domain address. As an illustration, 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 address has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be sent to the correct server. The reasoning behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
With a shared website hosting package from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily through our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records takes 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires just a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any problems. We've got an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you want to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you'll have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains are going to 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 just a few more clicks and if you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with total control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving 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.