The word “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a set of services that offer various functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. Actually, each and every domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain. As an example, an A record can 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 directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting plan we provide, allows you to see, change and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a few clicks. Creating new records is just as easy if, for example, you would like to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our sophisticated tool, you're going to be able to handle the records of your domain names and subdomains with ease even when you have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you'll be able to see and update the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to control the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to modify their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally simple - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. If you encounter any issues, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.