The term “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a variety of services which offer different functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, for example, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so most people see them as one single service. In fact, each and every domain has a several 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 name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain name. As an example, an A record can be 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 domain address has and the traffic/message is first directed 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 idea behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux cloud website hosting we provide, allows you to see, change and create A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain within your account. From 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 related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you would like to use the e-mail services of another provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. In other words, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Using our sophisticated tool, you are going to be able to manage the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even when you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to view and edit the A and MX records for each of the domains or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to handle the account, comes with an sophisticated, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to change their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the 2 standard ones. If you ever encounter any difficulties, we've got a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.