The term “hosting” does not describe one service, but a variety of services which provide a variety of functions to a domain. Having a website and emails, for instance, are two individual 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, each and every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which specifies where the site 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 address. For instance, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind employing separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
With a cloud hosting package from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease using our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any troubles. We also have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will handle 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'll have total control of your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated service, allows you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to edit any of them or create new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains will 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 if you experience any issues, 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 advanced enough to give you complete control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're pointing your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.