The definition of “hosting” does not describe a particular service, but several services that offer numerous functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, as an illustration, are two independent services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. Actually, every single domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a website or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain name has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will then be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one service provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting plan from us, you're going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any complications. We also have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you'd like to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will manage your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you'll have full control of your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is very easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and in case you experience any issues, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with full control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.