The word “hosting” doesn't describe a single service, but several services which provide numerous functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an illustration, are two separate services even though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. In reality, every single domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which defines 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. As an example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website or send an e-mail, 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 web browser request or the email will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting through us, you are going to be able to see, create and modify any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. Assuming that a particular domain has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to change certain records using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your site or e-mails directed to another service provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool will even enable you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain in any way. If you decide to use the email services of another provider and they want you to set up more than two MX records, you can easily do this with simply a couple of mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel. You can also set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to edit any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is incredibly easy as all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes just a few more clicks and in case you experience any troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to set up A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to offer you total control of all records and to enable you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are pointing your emails to a different service provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.