The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but several services which provide various functions to a domain. Having a website and e-mails, as an illustration, are two separate services though in the general case they come together, so most people see them as one single service. In fact, every domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which specifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain name. For example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can 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 Internet domain 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 e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux shared hosting plan we provide, allows you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for every domain or subdomain inside your account. Through the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you want to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can even set the priority for each 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. With our innovative tool, you are going to be able to handle the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our Linux semi-dedicated plans, will allow you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % 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 emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.