The definition of “hosting” doesn't describe a particular service, but a variety of services that provide different functions to a domain address. Having a site and e-mails, as an example, are two independent services despite the fact that in the general case they come together, so most of the people consider them as one single service. The truth is, every single domain name has a couple of DNS records called A and MX, which show the server that manages each particular service - the first one is a numeric IP address, that specifies where the site for the domain name is loaded from, while the second one is an alphanumeric string, which shows the server that deals with the e-mails for the domain name. For example, 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 domain name 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 directed to the correct server. The concept behind working with separate records is that the two services use different web protocols and you can have your website hosted by one 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 want to switch either your site or your emails to a different provider, it will take you literally simply two mouse clicks to do so. Our Hepsia CP 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 modify the A and/or MX records for any of them. If you wish to use a different email provider and they ask you to create more MX records than the standard 2, it won't take more than a few clicks either to add them. You can even set different latency for these records and the lower the latency, the bigger the priority a particular MX record is going to have. The propagation of each record that you modify or create is not going to take more than a few hours and if needed, you will also be able to set the so-called Time-To-Live value, which shows how long a record will remain active after it is modified or deleted.
Custom MX and A Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you acquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you're going to be able to see and change the A and MX records for every one of the domains or subdomains which you host within the account. The Hepsia CP, which you will get to handle the account, comes with an state-of-the-art, 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 set up a new record, it'll be equally easy - choose the domain/subdomain, enter the IP address or mail server record and you'll be ready. Additionally, you will be able to set different priority for the MX records which you create in case that you decide to use a third-party email provider and they ask you to set up additional records besides the 2 default ones. If you ever encounter any difficulties, we have a detailed Help section with videos in which you can see first-hand how to setup or modify any record.