The term “hosting” does not describe just one service, but a set of services that offer numerous functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, for instance, are two individual 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, each domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies 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. As an illustration, 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 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. In case you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you want to move either your site or your e-mails to another company, it will take you literally only two clicks to do it. Our Hepsia CP comes with an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domains and subdomains are going to be listed alphabetically and you will be able to see and modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you choose to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2, it will not take more than a few clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of every record that you change or set up isn't going to take more than several hours and if required, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will stay active after it is changed or deleted.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you buy a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to see and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you'll get to handle the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you'll be able to modify their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be equally easy - pick the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you choose to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the two standard ones. In case you experience any difficulties, we've got a in-depth Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or modify any record.