The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but several services which provide numerous functions to a domain. Having a website and e-mails, for instance, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people consider them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain address. For instance, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a 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 then be sent to the correct server. The concept behind working with separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one company and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting package from our company, you are going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily using our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any troubles. We have a comprehensive help section that makes things even easier. If you'd like to switch your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the standard two, you can choose their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Usually the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you will have total control of your domain names and subdomains and you are 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 Hosting

With the semi-dedicated hosting that we provide, you're going to have complete control over the records of all domain names and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records every one of them has from the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and changing any record requires simply a couple of clicks. If you choose to switch your web or e-mail hosting provider, you can edit the necessary record and direct your domain to the other company for one of the services, as you still keep using the other one through us. You may also keep the main domain address here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're modifying the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 that we have, you can create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.