The word “hosting” does not describe a single service, but a variety of services that provide numerous functions to a domain. Having a site and emails, as an example, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so most people consider them as one single service. In reality, each and every domain has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each particular service - the former is a numeric IP address, which defines where the site for the domain name is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the emails for the domain address. As an example, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be 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 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 then be sent to the correct server. The concept behind employing separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you may have your site hosted by one company and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account through our company and you want to switch either your site or your emails to another provider, it'll take you literally just two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia Control Panel offers 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 change the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different e-mail provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the default 2, it is not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. You can also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a given MX record will have. The propagation of every record that you change or set up will not take more than several hours and if needed, you'll also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which indicates how long a record will remain active after it's changed or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you are going to be able to view and edit the A and MX records for any of the domain names or subdomains which you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you will get to manage the account, offers an sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you are going to be able to modify their records with no more than a couple of mouse clicks. If you have to set up a new record, it'll be equally simple - pick the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. You'll also be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case you choose to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to create additional records aside from the 2 standard ones. If you encounter any troubles, we have a in-depth Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to create or edit any record.