The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a variety of services which offer a variety of functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, for example, are two independent services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so many people think of them as one single service. In reality, every domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that deals with each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the site for the domain is loaded from, while the latter 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 is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a Internet domain has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. When you have custom records on their end, the Internet browser request or the email will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind working with separate records is that the two services work with 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 Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting package through us, you will be able to view, set up and modify any A or MX record for your domain names. Provided that a particular domain name has our Name Servers, you'll be able to modify specific records through our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and have your website or e-mails directed to another provider if you'd like to use only one of our services. Our advanced tool will enable you to have a domain hosted here and a subdomain below it to be hosted someplace else by modifying only its A record - this will not affect the main domain address in any way. If you want to use the email services of another service provider and they want you to set up more than 2 MX records, you can easily do it with only a couple of mouse clicks through the DNS Records section of your CP. You may also set different latency for each MX record i.e. which one will have priority.

Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Accessing and editing the A or MX records for any one of your domain addresses or subdomains is extremely easy if you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us. The accounts are handled using our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel, which has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses. The latter is going to be listed alphabetically and you could click on any of them to see both the A and the MX records. Changing any record is as easy as typing in the new one in a text box and saving the change, so in case you have never dealt with such matters before, you won't encounter any issues if you decide to direct your website or emails to an alternative company while keeping the second service with our company. When necessary, you can also set up additional MX records and set a certain priority in accordance with the recommendations of the new provider.