The term “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a variety of services which offer a variety of functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two separate services though in the general case they come together, so many people think of them as one single service. The truth is, every domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which defines where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain name. As an example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is 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. In case you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the e-mail will be directed to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one company and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account from our company and you wish to switch either your site or your emails to an alternative company, it is going to take you literally simply two mouse clicks to do this. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you'll be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you want to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default two, it won't take more than a couple of clicks either to add them. Also you can set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of each record that you change or create will not take more than several hours and if necessary, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which reveals how long a record will remain active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, you will be able to see and update the A and MX records for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to manage the account, offers an innovative, though easy-to-use tool where all hosts are going to be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to change their records with no more than several clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally simple - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you'll be ready. You will also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you want to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the two default ones. If you ever encounter any difficulties, you will find a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or change any record.