The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but a set of services that provide numerous functions to a domain name. Having a website and e-mails, for instance, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. Actually, each and every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that defines 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 address. As an illustration, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website or send an e-mail, 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. In case you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the email will be sent to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Hosting
With a hosting package from us, you're going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease by using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records requires 2 clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any troubles. We have a large help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have total control over your domains and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we offer, you are going to have complete control over the records of all domains and subdomains you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and editing any record requires as little as a few clicks. If you choose to switch your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can change the necessary record and point your domain to the other company for one of the services, while you still continue using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain name here, while you modify the A record of only one of its subdomains. If you're editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.