The term “hosting” does not describe a particular service, but a number of services that provide a variety of functions to a domain name. Having a website and e-mails, as an example, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so a lot of people think of them as one single service. The truth is, every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. As an example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a website or send an email, 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 Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Hosting

With a hosting package from our company, you will be able to create or modify the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains easily using our innovative Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a few more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any complications. We also have a comprehensive help section that'll 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 two, you can select their priority i.e. which record is going to manage your e-mails first when someone sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you'll have full control of your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With the Linux semi-dedicated hosting service that we offer, you are going to have full control over the records of all domain names 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 CP and editing any record takes only a few mouse clicks. If you decide to switch your web or email hosting provider, you can update the required record and point your domain to the other company for one of the services, as you still keep using the other one through us. You could also keep the main domain name here, while you change the A record of only one of its subdomains. When you're editing the MX records and you need additional ones on top of the standard two that we have, you could create them with ease and set a different priority for every one.