How to manage MX records at Hostinger

MX records at Hostinger tell other mail servers which server receives email for your domain, such as mx1.hostinger.com for Hostinger Email. To manage MX records, open the DNS / Nameservers section of your domain in Hostinger dashboard, add a record with the name, mail server, priority, and TTL values, and edit or delete existing records from the records list.

Add MX records

Manage MX records from Hostinger dashboard if your domain is pointed to Hostinger via nameservers, which keeps your domain’s DNS zone at Hostinger. DNS propagation starts after any change and takes some time to complete.

To add a new MX record:

1. Go to the Domains section

2. Click on Manage next to the domain in question

3. Open the DNS / Nameservers section on the left

4. In the Manage DNS records section, select the DNS record type: MX 

NOTE

• If your domain is pointed to another provider via nameservers, your DNS zone is also managed from there; for instance, if your domain is pointed to Cloudflare via nameservers, your domain’s DNS zone is managed from Cloudflare

What values to use?

Name (Host)

If you are adding MX records to your domain, insert @ for the Name.

If you are adding MX records to your subdomain, insert the subdomain name for the Name. For example, if your subdomain is support.domain.tld, you should specify support as the host.

Mail server (Points to)

The mail server value indicates the server that manages your domain’s email service. You should get this information from your email service provider. For example, these are the mail server values for Hostinger Email:

• mx1.hostinger.com

• mx2.hostinger.com

Priority

The priority value in MX records determines the order in which mail services are contacted when sending or receiving an email. Each MX record has a dedicated priority value. The lower the number, the higher the priority. For example, for Hostinger Email, it’s as follows:

• The priority of mx1.hostinger.com is 5

• The priority of mx2.hostinger.com is 10

TTL

The TTL (or Time to Live) value indicates how long other systems can cache the information about an MX record before it needs to be refreshed. It’s recommended to use the default value: 14400 seconds (or 4 hours).

Edit or delete MX records

To edit or delete an existing MX record:

1. Go to the Domains section

2. Click on Manage next to the domain in question

3. Open the DNS / Nameservers section on the left

4. Scroll down to find the MX records in question or use the search bar

5. Next to each record, you’ll find options, trash icon to delete and pencil icon to edit it:
   

Once your MX records propagate, email sent to your domain reaches the mail server you set.