The term “hosting” does not describe only one service, but several services which provide various functions to a domain name. Having a site and e-mails, for instance, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. The truth is, each and every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one 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 deals with the emails for the domain name. 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 site or send an email, 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. If you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your website hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux web hosting which we offer you, allows you to see, modify and set up A and MX records for any domain or subdomain inside your account. From the DNS Records section, you'll be able to see a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. Setting up new records is just as easy if, as an example, you would like to use the e-mail services of a different company and they ask you to create more MX records than the default two. You can also set the priority for every MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your emails 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 innovative tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domain addresses and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you will be able to see and update the A and MX records for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to manage the account, offers an innovative, though easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to change their records with no more than several mouse clicks. If you have to create a new record, it will be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you will be ready. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the two default ones. If you experience any difficulties, we have a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.