The word “hosting” doesn't describe a single service, but a set of services which provide a variety of functions to a domain name. Having a website and emails, as an illustration, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. In reality, each domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that defines 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 is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be 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 domain name 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 email will be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind employing 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 Hosting

With a hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily via our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records requires 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any problems. We've got an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have full control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to 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 CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated service, will enable you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains in your account and if needed, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing 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 problems, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you complete control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are switching your emails to a different company and they ask you to set up more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.