The term “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a number of services that offer different functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, for instance, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. In reality, every single domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain address. As an example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a website or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain address has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will then be directed to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the emails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a Linux shared website hosting service through us, you'll be able to see, create and change any A or MX record for your domains. Assuming that a particular domain name has our Name Servers, you're going to be able to change specific records using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your site or emails pointed to any other company if you would like to use only one of our services. Our sophisticated tool will permit you to have a domain name 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 e-mail services of a different provider and they want you to create more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with only a few mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your CP. 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 Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will permit you to see the A and MX records for any of the domains or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to change any of them or set up new ones. Managing these records is incredibly easy since all domains/subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically, so modifying a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Setting up a new one takes a few more clicks and in case you experience any problems, you can check out our educational videos on how to create A and MX records. Our system is intuitive enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet sophisticated enough to provide you with complete control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you are moving your emails to a different provider and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.