The term “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but a set of services that offer a variety of functions to a domain. Having a website and emails, for instance, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so most people consider them as one single service. In fact, every single domain name 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, which specifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain. For example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Each time 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. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your website hosted by one provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every cloud plan that we offer, will enable you to see, change and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, as an example, you wish to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You may also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it's going to contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you'll be able to control the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you will be able to view and change the A and MX records for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to edit their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be equally simple - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you will be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case you choose 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 ever encounter any difficulties, you will find a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.