The term “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a set of services that provide numerous functions to a domain address. Having a website and e-mails, as an illustration, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. In reality, every single domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain name. For instance, 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 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. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting
With a cloud website hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains with ease using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any difficulties. We also have an extensive help section that makes things even easier. If you want to change your e-mail provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have 100 % control over your domain names and subdomains and you'll be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you're going to be able to view and update the A and MX records for any one of the domains or subdomains that you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to handle the account, comes with an innovative, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to change their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it will be equally simple - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be ready. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records other than the two default ones. If you encounter any troubles, you will find a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.