The term “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a set of services that provide numerous functions to a domain name. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so most of the people see them as one single service. Actually, each domain name has a several 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 site 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. As an example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be 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 forwarded to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be sent to the correct server. The reasoning behind employing separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one company and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting
With a web hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease through our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Modifying the default records requires 2 clicks and the setup 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 problems. We've got a comprehensive help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to change your e-mail provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the standard 2, you can select their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you will have full control of your domain names and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records very easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain names or subdomains is really easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are handled through 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 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 when you have never dealt with such matters before, you'll not encounter any troubles if you want to direct your website or emails to some other service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If required, you could also create additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.