The term “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but several services which offer a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. In fact, each and every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which 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 name. For example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every 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 forwarded to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you may have your website hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every shared web hosting we offer you, will permit you to view, change and set up A and MX records for each domain name or subdomain inside your account. Using the DNS Records section, you're going to be able to see a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their related records, so any update will not take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Setting up new records is just as simple if, for example, you wish to use the email services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You may also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your emails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it will contact the next one. Through our innovative tool, you will be able to control the records of your domain names and subdomains easily even when you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to view the A and MX records for any of the domains or subdomains in your account and if needed, to change any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is very easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet advanced enough to offer you complete control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your emails to a different company and they ask you to create more than two different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.