The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but a variety of services which provide different functions to a domain name. Having a website and emails, as an illustration, are two separate services although in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. The truth is, each 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, 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 e-mails for the domain. As an example, 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 email, 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. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will be sent to the correct server. The reasoning behind using 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 Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every website hosting plan which we offer, will permit you to view, modify and create A and MX records for every domain name or subdomain within your account. From the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to view a list of all hosts within the account from a to z with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks. Setting up new records is as easy if, for example, you wish to use the e-mail services of a different service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You can also set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you're going to be able to handle the records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will permit you to see the A and MX records for any of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if required, to edit any of them or set up new ones. Handling these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any difficulties, you can check out our educational videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to give you 100 % control over all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.