The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but several services that provide different functions to a domain name. Having a website 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. Actually, every single domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the website for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the e-mails for the domain name. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Each time 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. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the e-mail will then be sent 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 service provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting through our company, you'll be able to see, set up and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a particular domain has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to change specific records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or e-mails directed to any other service provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool will permit you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address at all. If you want to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to create more than two MX records, you can easily do this with just a couple of mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You may also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will permit you to view the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is very easy as all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a couple of more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our instructional videos on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by people with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you complete control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're moving your emails to a different provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.