The definition of “hosting” does not describe only one service, but several services that provide a variety of functions to a domain. Having a website and e-mails, for example, are two individual services although in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. In reality, 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 defines where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is 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 directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting

With a website hosting package from our company, you will be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly via our sophisticated Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you won't encounter any problems. We also have a large help section that makes things even easier. If you want to change your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails 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're going to have 100 % control over your domain addresses and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if needed, to update any of them or create new ones. Handling these records is quite easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and in case you experience any issues, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you complete control of all records and to allow 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 may choose the priority of each one.