The term “hosting” doesn't describe only one service, but a variety of services that offer different functions to a domain. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, 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. Actually, each and every domain has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which defines where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain address. As an illustration, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an email, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain has and the traffic/message is first directed 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 reasoning behind using separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, that comes with each and every Linux cloud web hosting service that we offer, will enable you to see, change and set up A and MX records for each domain or subdomain within your account. Using the DNS Records section, you will be able to view a list of all hosts in the account from a to z with their corresponding records, so any update isn't going to take you more than a couple of clicks. Creating new records is just as simple if, as an illustration, you wish to use the email services of a different provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2. You may also set the priority for each MX record by setting different latency. Put simply, when your emails are delivered, the sending server will contact the record with the smallest latency first and if the connection times out, it'll contact the next one. Through our advanced tool, you'll be able to control the records of your domain addresses and subdomains easily even when you have no prior experience with such matters.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our Linux semi-dedicated services, will permit you to view the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains in your account and if required, to change any of them or set up new ones. Controlling these records is very easy since all domains/subdomains will be listed alphabetically, so editing a record is as simple as entering it in a box and saving the change. Creating a new one takes only a few more clicks and if you experience any issues, you can check out our educational videos 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 give you full control of all records and to allow you to have different A records even for domain.com and www.domain.com. If you're switching your e-mails to a different service provider and they ask you to set up more than two different MX records, you can select the priority of each one.