The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but a variety of services which provide different functions to a domain address. Having a website and emails, for example, are two separate services though in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. Actually, each domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain. For instance, 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 address 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 e-mail will then be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one company and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting plan from our company, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily through our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any issues. We've got a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you wish to change your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you'll have complete control over your domains and subdomains and you're going to be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is incredibly easy if you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are maintained through our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you can click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as simple 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 will not encounter any issues if you wish to move your website or e-mails to a different service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.