The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe a single service, but a variety of services that offer numerous functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people consider them as one single service. The truth is, each and every domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain name. As an example, 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 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. If you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will be directed to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux website hosting package we offer, will permit you to view, modify and create A and MX records for any domain or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Creating new records is as easy if, as an illustration, you would like to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, 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. Using our advanced tool, you are going to be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you'll be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to manage the account, offers an advanced, although easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to change their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as easy - choose the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be ready. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records aside from the two default ones. If you experience any issues, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.