The word “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a variety of services that offer numerous functions to a domain. Having a website and emails, for example, are two separate services although in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which specifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain name. For example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site 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 forwarded to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will be sent to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux website hosting which we offer, will enable you to view, change and create A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain within your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update will not take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Setting up new records is equally easy if, for example, you want to use the email services of a different service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it is going to contact the next one. Using our advanced tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is very easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you may click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't encounter any issues if you wish to direct your website or e-mails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you may also create additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the instructions of the new provider.