The word “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but several services which provide various functions to a domain name. Having a website and emails, as an example, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. In reality, each and every domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages 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 site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first forwarded to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one company and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a Linux shared package from our company, you will be able to see, set up and change any A or MX record for your domains. So long as a given domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to modify specific records by using our Hepsia hosting CP and have your website or emails pointed to another provider if you wish to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool is going to allow you to have a domain address hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted somewhere else by changing only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address the slightest bit. If you choose to use the e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a few clicks through the DNS Records section of your CP. You may also set different latency for every single MX record i.e. which one is going to have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any of your domain names or subdomains is very easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan from us. The accounts are maintained by using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names. The latter will be listed alphabetically and you could click on every one of them to see both the A and the MX records. Modifying any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so even when you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't experience any issues if you wish to switch your site or e-mails to another company while keeping the second service with our company. When required, you can also create additional MX records and set a specific priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.