The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe just one service, but several services that provide different functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, for example, are two separate services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so a lot of people see them as one single service. In reality, every single domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, that defines where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain address. As an example, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Each 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 Internet browser request or the email will be directed to the correct server. The idea behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your site hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting from us, you'll be able to view, set up and change any A or MX record for your Internet addresses. So long as a particular domain name has our Name Servers, you are going to be able to to modify specific records via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails pointed to any other company if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our innovative tool will even permit you to have a domain 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 at all. If you want to use the email services of a different provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with simply a couple of mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your CP. You can also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated servers, will permit you to view the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains in your account and if necessary, to edit any of them or create new ones. Controlling these records is quite easy because all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so updating a record is as easy as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes just a few more clicks and if you experience any troubles, you can check out our video tutorials on how to create A and MX records. Our system is user-friendly enough to be used by individuals with little or no previous experience, yet advanced enough to provide you with total control over all records and to permit you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your e-mails to a different company and they ask you to create more than 2 different MX records, you may choose the priority of each one.