The word “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a variety of services which offer numerous functions to a domain name. Having a site and e-mails, for example, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so many people see them as one single service. In reality, every domain name has a number of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that handles each specific service - the former 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 manages the e-mails for the domain. As an illustration, an A record can be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record would be mx1.domain.com. Each time you open a website or send an e-mail, the global DNS servers are contacted to check the name servers that a domain name has and the traffic/message is first directed to that company. If you have custom records on their end, the browser request or the email will then be forwarded to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you wish to switch either your website or your emails to an alternative provider, it's going to take you literally just 2 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're going to be able to see and edit the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you decide to use a different email provider and they ask you to set up more MX records than the default 2, it's not going to take more than a few clicks either to add them. You could 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 modify or set up isn't going to take more than a few hours and if required, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which 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 acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you're going to be able to see and update the A and MX records for each of the domain names or subdomains which you host inside the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to control the account, offers an innovative, albeit easy-to-use tool in which all hosts will be listed in alphabetical order and you're going to be able to edit their records with no more than a couple of clicks. If you have to create a new record, it's going to be just as simple - select the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you're going to be ready. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records you create in case you decide to use a third-party e-mail provider and they ask you to create additional records other than the two default ones. If you ever experience any problems, you will find a comprehensive Help section with videos where you can see first-hand how to create or edit any record.