The term “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a set of services which offer various functions to a domain address. Having a site and emails, for example, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so most of the people consider them as one single service. Actually, each and every domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is 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 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 sent to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
With a cloud web hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly by using our advanced Hepsia hosting CP. Editing the default records will take two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a few more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you will not experience any problems. We've got a large help section that will make things even easier. If you would like to switch your email provider and you have to create several MX records in addition to the default two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record will handle your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider is going to tell you what these values should be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control of your domain names and subdomains and you will be able to manage their A and MX records easily and at any time.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Accessing and modifying the A or MX records for any of your domains or subdomains is very easy if you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are maintained through our in-house built Hepsia CP, which has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you may click on each of them to see both the A and the MX records. Editing any record is as simple as entering the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you will not encounter any problems if you choose to move your site or emails to an alternative provider while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you may also set up additional MX records and set a specific priority depending on the recommendations of the new provider.