The word “hosting” does not describe one service, but several services which provide different functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, for example, are two separate services though in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. In fact, each domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which 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. For instance, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be 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 domain address has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will be forwarded to the correct server. The idea 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-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every shared website hosting plan we offer you, will permit you to see, change and set up A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to view a list of all hosts in the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update won't take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is equally easy if, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of another service provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. Additionally you can set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it will contact the next one. With our sophisticated tool, you are going to be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains with ease even though you may have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you're going to be able to see and edit the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to take care of the account, provides an innovative, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to edit their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it's going to be equally simple - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you'll be ready. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. In case you experience any issues, we have a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.