The definition of “hosting” does not describe one service, but a number of services that provide a variety of functions to a domain name. Having a website and emails, as an example, are two independent services although in the general case they come together, so most people see 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 specific service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that identifies where the site for the domain address is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that manages the e-mails for the domain address. As an illustration, an A record is 123.123.123.123 and an MX record is mx1.domain.com. Every time you open a site 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. When you have custom records on their end, the web browser request or the e-mail will then be directed to the correct server. The reasoning behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one service provider and the e-mails by another.
Custom MX and A Records in Cloud Hosting
With a cloud hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to set up or modify the A and MX records of your domain addresses and subdomains with ease using our innovative Hepsia hosting CP. Modifying the default records requires two clicks and the setup of a new record requires only a couple of more clicks, so although you may have never dealt with such matters, you won't experience any problems. We have an extensive help section that makes things even easier. If you'd like to change your e-mail provider and you have to set up several MX records in addition to the default two, you can select their priority i.e. which record is going to handle your emails first when somebody sends you a message. Usually the new provider is going to tell you what these values need to be. With our shared plans, you are going to have complete control of your domains and subdomains and you are going to be able to handle their A and MX records effortlessly and at any time.