The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a variety of services which offer various functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, for example, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people consider them as one single service. In fact, every single domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the site 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 example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will be directed to the correct server. The concept behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
With a cloud hosting package from our company, you'll be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly via our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record takes just a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any issues. We have an extensive help section that will make things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control over your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, will allow you to see the A and MX records for every one of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to edit any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is incredibly easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes only a few more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you 100 % control of all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you can choose the priority of each one.