The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but several services that provide different functions to a domain name. Having a website and emails, as an example, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. In reality, each domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that defines where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an e-mail, 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 web browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with each and every Linux cloud package which we provide, will enable you to view, modify and set up A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to view a list of all hosts within the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is just as simple if, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of another provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. Also you can set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, 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 control the records of your domains and subdomains with ease 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, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to change any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is very easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to give you full control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.