The definition of “hosting” does not describe one service, but a set of services that offer different functions to a domain. Having a website and emails, for example, are two individual services even though in the general case they come together, so most people think of them as one single service. The truth is, each domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the former is a numeric IP address, which defines where the website for the domain is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain. 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 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 email will then be sent to the correct server. The idea behind employing separate records is that the two services work with different web protocols and you could have your site hosted by one service provider and the emails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting plan from our company, you'll be able to set up or change the A and MX records of your domain names and subdomains effortlessly via our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Changing the default records takes two clicks and the setup of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so in case you have never dealt with such matters, you will not encounter any troubles. We have an in depth help section that'll make things even easier. If you would like to switch your e-mail provider and you have to set up a number of MX records in addition to the standard two, you can pick their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values ought to be. With our shared plans, you're going to have full control over your domain names and subdomains and you're going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.