The term “hosting” does not describe a particular service, but several services which offer a variety of functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so most of the people think of them as one single service. The truth is, each domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain. For 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 domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Web Hosting

With a shared web hosting plan from us, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily through our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Editing the default records will take 2 clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any issues. We also have an in depth help section that makes things even easier. If you wish to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have full control over your domains and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you are going to be able to see and change the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to handle the account, comes with an sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to modify their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be just as simple - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you'll be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records besides the 2 standard ones. In case you experience any troubles, we've got a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.