The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but a variety of services that offer numerous functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an illustration, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. The truth is, every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain name. As an example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Each 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. If you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the email will be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
With a shared hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly through our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters, you'll not encounter any troubles. We have a comprehensive help section that'll make things even easier. If you want to switch your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have full control of your domains and subdomains and you'll be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for each of your domains or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are managed via our in-house built Hepsia CP, which has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you can click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record will be as easy as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even though you may have never dealt with such matters before, you won't encounter any troubles if you choose to switch your site or e-mails to a different company while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you may also create additional MX records and set a specific priority based on the instructions of the new provider.