The term “hosting” doesn't describe one service, but a set of services which offer different functions to a domain name. Having a site and emails, for example, are two independent services even though in the general case they come together, so most people see them as one single service. Actually, every domain has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, which defines where the website for the domain address is loaded from, while the latter is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain name. For example, an A record would be 123.123.123.123 and an MX record can be mx1.domain.com. Whenever you open a site or send an email, 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 Internet browser request or the e-mail will then be directed to the correct server. The concept behind using separate records is that the two services employ different web protocols and you could have your website hosted by one provider and the e-mails by another.

Custom MX and A Records in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to create or change the A and MX records of your domains and subdomains easily by using our leading-edge Hepsia hosting CP. Changing the default records will take 2 clicks and the creation of a new record takes only a couple of more clicks, so even if you have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any troubles. We also have an extensive help section that makes things even easier. If you'd like to change your email provider and you have to create a number of MX records in addition to the default two, you can select their priority i.e. which record will manage your e-mails first when somebody sends you a message. Normally the new provider will tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have total control of your domains and subdomains and you'll be able to handle their A and MX records easily and at any time.