The term “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a number of services which offer numerous functions to a domain name. Having a website and e-mails, for instance, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. In reality, 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 identifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain name. As an illustration, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a website or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux cloud web hosting that we offer you, will permit you to see, modify and create A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is just as easy if, as an illustration, you would like to use the email services of a different company and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, 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 is going to contact the next one. With our state-of-the-art tool, you will be able to manage the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you are going to be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to take care of the account, comes with an sophisticated, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to modify their records with no more than a few mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it's going to be equally easy - 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 you create in case that you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. In case you encounter any issues, we have a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.