The term “hosting” does not describe one service, but several services that offer various functions to a domain address. Having a website and emails, for instance, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so many people think of them as one single service. In reality, each and every domain 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 website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain. As an example, an A record is 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. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will be sent to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your website 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 our company, you will be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains with ease through our state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records requires two clicks and the creation of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any problems. We've got an in depth help section that makes things even easier. If you would like to change your email provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default 2, you may choose their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control of your domain names and subdomains and you're going to be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and changing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is incredibly easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. The accounts are handled by using our in-house built Hepsia CP, which includes 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 one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is 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'll not encounter any problems if you decide to move your website or e-mails to an alternative service provider while keeping the second service with our company. If needed, you may also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority based on the instructions of the new provider.