The word “hosting” does not describe a single service, but a variety of services that provide various functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people think of them as one single service. Actually, each domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain name. As an illustration, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website 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 directed to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the email will then be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one provider and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux cloud hosting we offer you, will enable you to see, change and create A and MX records for each domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will be able to see a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update is not going to take you more than a few clicks. Setting up new records is just as simple if, as an example, you wish to use the email services of another service provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Quite simply, 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. With our innovative tool, you will be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains easily even if you have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you're going to be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to take care of the account, offers an sophisticated, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to modify their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as simple - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you choose to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the two default ones. If you experience any difficulties, we have a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or change any record.