The word “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but several services that provide various functions to a domain name. Having a site and e-mails, for example, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. The truth is, every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain. For example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Whenever 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 directed to that company. In case you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the e-mail will be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting

With a cloud web hosting package from our company, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly using our sophisticated Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records will take two clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any problems. We have an in depth help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your email provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the default 2, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to deal with your emails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you'll have complete control over your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting services that we offer, you're going to have 100 % control over the records of all domain addresses and subdomains that you add in your hosting account. You can easily check what A and MX records each one of them has using the DNS Records section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and modifying any record requires as little as a couple of mouse clicks. If you want to change your web or email hosting provider, you can change the required record and direct your domain address 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 edit the A record of only one of its subdomains. In case you are changing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the default 2 that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.