The term “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a set of services that provide various functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, as an illustration, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. The truth is, each domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be 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 directed to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the email 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 can have your website hosted by one service provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud website hosting we offer, allows you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, for example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You can even set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, 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 will contact the next one. Using our state-of-the-art tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you're going to be able to view and update the A and MX records for any one of the domains or subdomains you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to take care of the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to change their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it's going to be just as simple - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the two default ones. In case you experience any problems, we've got a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.