The definition of “hosting” does not describe only one service, but a set of services that offer different functions to a domain. Having a website and e-mails, for instance, are two independent services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. In reality, every domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. For instance, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can 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 address has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will be directed to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux website hosting package we provide, will enable you to view, modify and create A and MX records for any Internet domain or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you are going to be able to see 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 couple of clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, for instance, you wish to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. Additionally you can set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our innovative tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even when you 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 each of your domain addresses or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are maintained via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you can click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't encounter any issues if you decide to move your site or e-mails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.