The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but a number of services which offer numerous functions to a domain address. Having a website and e-mails, as an example, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. In fact, every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the site for the domain name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain name. For example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is 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 domain address has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared web hosting service which we provide, will enable you to view, change and create A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain in your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will 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, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. Also you can set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. Quite 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'll contact the next one. Through our state-of-the-art tool, you will be able to control the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting services, will enable you to view the A and MX records for any of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to update any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes a few more clicks and if you experience any problems, you can check out our instructional videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to provide you with 100 % control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.