The word “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but a number of services that offer various functions to a domain. Having a site and e-mails, as an example, are two individual services even though in the general case they come together, so most of the people consider them as one single service. In reality, each 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 address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning 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 e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux web hosting we offer, will permit you to view, change and set up A and MX records for every Internet domain or subdomain inside your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is equally easy if, as an illustration, you wish to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our state-of-the-art tool, you are going to be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even when you have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is quite easy as 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 in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you complete control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.