The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but a set of services that provide a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and emails, for example, are two separate services although in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the website 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 address. For example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is 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 name has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

With a website hosting plan from us, you are going to 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. Editing the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not experience any complications. We have an extensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you would like to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard two, you may choose their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you're going to be able to manage their A and MX records very easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain names or subdomains is very easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company. The accounts are handled via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even if you have never dealt with such matters before, you simply won't encounter any problems if you decide to direct your website or e-mails to a different provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you could also create additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the instructions of the new provider.