The term “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a variety of services which provide a variety of functions to a domain. Having a site and e-mails, as an illustration, are two independent services though in the general case they come together, so many people consider them as one single service. Actually, each and every domain name has a several DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which identifies where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that handles the emails for the domain. For instance, an A record can be 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 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 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 website hosted by one service provider and the e-mail messages by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting account from our company and you wish to switch either your site or your emails to another company, it is going to take you literally just 2 clicks to do this. Our Hepsia Control Panel offers an easy-to-use DNS Records tool, where all your domain names and subdomains will be listed alphabetically and you're going to 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 two, it won't take more than a couple of mouse clicks either to add them. You may also set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the greater the priority a particular MX record will have. The propagation of any record that you change or set up will not take more than several hours and if required, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, that 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 are going to be able to view and change the A and MX records for every one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you host in the account. The Hepsia Control Panel, which you'll get to control the account, provides an state-of-the-art, although easy-to-use tool where all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you will be able to edit their records with no more than a few clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be just as easy - select the domain/subdomain, type in the IP address or mail server record and you are going to be all set. Additionally, you'll be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case that you want to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records aside from the two default ones. If you ever experience any troubles, you will find a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to setup or edit any record.