The word “hosting” does not describe a single service, but a number of services which provide numerous functions to a domain address. Having a website and e-mails, as an illustration, are two individual services though in the general case they come together, so most people consider them as one single service. Actually, each domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the site for the domain name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the emails for the domain name. For instance, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would 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 address 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 be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your website hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting package which we offer you, will enable you to see, change and set up A and MX records for any domain name or subdomain in your account. Through the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts inside the account in alphabetical order with their related records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Setting up new records is equally easy if, for instance, you would like to use the email services of a different company and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You can even set the priority for every single MX record by setting different latency. To put it differently, when your e-mails are delivered, the sending server is going to contact the record with the smallest latency first and in case the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Through our state-of-the-art tool, you'll be able to handle the records of your domains and subdomains effortlessly even if you have no prior experience with such matters.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you will be able to view and change the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains that you host within the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to manage the account, comes with an sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to change their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it'll be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you will be ready. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records that you create in case that you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. In case you experience any difficulties, we've got a comprehensive Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.