The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but several services that offer different functions to a domain address. Having a website and emails, for instance, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. In fact, every single domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain 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 then be sent to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one company and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared package which we provide, allows you to view, change and set up A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain within your account. From the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is as simple if, as an illustration, you would like to use the email services of another company and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You may also 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're going to be able to control the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even though you may have no previous experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you'll be able to view and update the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to take care of the account, offers an advanced, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to modify their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it's going to be equally simple - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case you choose to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the 2 default ones. If you ever experience any problems, we've got a detailed Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.