The term “hosting” does not describe one service, but several services that offer different functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, for example, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so most people consider them as one single service. In reality, each and every domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the emails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux shared web hosting package that we provide, allows you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain inside your account. Using the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is equally easy if, for example, you would like to use the email services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. Also you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. With our sophisticated tool, you are going to be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for each of your domain names or subdomains is extremely easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you may click on any one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record will be 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'll not experience any problems if you choose to switch your site or emails to another provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you could also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.