The word “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but several services which offer various functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so most of the people think of them as one single service. In reality, every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain name. As an illustration, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Whenever 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 directed to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

With a web hosting plan from our company, you will be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly by using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records takes 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any difficulties. We also have a comprehensive help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you will have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are managed by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on any one 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 though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not experience any difficulties if you want to switch your site or e-mails to another company while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you can also create additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.