{"id":1226,"date":"2020-09-14T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T07:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/14\/4443666-how-to-manage-mx-records-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","slug":"4443666-how-to-manage-mx-records-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4443666-how-to-manage-mx-records-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage MX Records at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is <b><a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointed to Hostinger via nameservers<\/a><\/b>, your domain&rsquo;s <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-can-i-manage-my-dns-records\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS zone<\/a><\/b> is also managed from Hostinger.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">After making any changes to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone, <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS propagation<\/a> <\/b>starts. Give it some time to complete, and your email service will be up and running smoothly &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_55397ab224\">Add MX Records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To add a new MX record:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to the domain in question<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b>DNS<\/b> \/<b> Nameservers <\/b>section on the left<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In the <b>Manage DNS records <\/b>section, select the DNS record type: <b>MX &#128071; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/5b402979-a9f8-4752-bc0e-823ac41c0ca2.jpg\" alt=\"The Manage DNS records area on the DNS Zone Editor showing how to add an MX record\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is <b>pointed to another provider via nameservers<\/b>, your <b>DNS zone<\/b> is also <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410887-dns-record-changes-in-other-registrars-hosting-providers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">managed from there<\/a><\/b>; for instance, if your domain is <b>pointed to Cloudflare via nameservers<\/b>, your domain&rsquo;s <b>DNS zone is managed from<\/b> <b>Cloudflare<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"what-to-use-as-a-name-host-\">What Values to Use?<\/h2><h3 id=\"h_a804368580\">Name (Host)<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are adding MX records to your <b>domain<\/b>, insert <b>@<\/b> for the <b>Name<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are adding MX records to your <b>subdomain<\/b>, insert the <b>subdomain name<\/b> for the <b>Name<\/b>. For example, if your subdomain is <code>support.domain.tld<\/code>, you should specify <code>support<\/code><i> <\/i>as the host.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_fedaf9b50a\">Mail server (Points to)<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>mail server <\/b>value indicates the server that manages your domain&rsquo;s email service. You should get this information from your <b>email service provider<\/b>. For example, these are the mail server values for <b><a href=\"\/support\/4407237-what-are-the-mx-records-for-hostinger-email\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Email<\/a><\/b>:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>mx1.hostinger.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>mx2.hostinger.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 id=\"h_c4527bd15d\">Priority<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>priority<\/b> 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 <b><a href=\"\/support\/4407237-what-are-the-mx-records-for-hostinger-email\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Email<\/a><\/b>, it&rsquo;s as follows:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The priority of <b>mx1.hostinger.com <\/b>is <b>5<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The priority of <b>mx2.hostinger.com<\/b> is<b> 10<\/b> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 id=\"h_3be6f5730b\">TTL<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>TTL <\/b>(or <i>Time to Live<\/i>) value indicates how long other systems can cache the information about an MX record before it needs to be refreshed. It&rsquo;s recommended to use the <b>default <\/b>value: <b>14400<\/b> seconds (or 4 hours).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"how-to-edit-or-delete-mx-records-\">Edit or Delete MX Records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To <b>edit or delete<\/b> an existing MX record:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to the domain in question<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b>DNS <\/b>\/<b> Nameservers <\/b>section on the left<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Scroll down to find the MX records in question or use the search bar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Next to each record, you&rsquo;ll find options to <b>Delete<\/b> and <b>Edit<\/b> it:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/554a1e12-5f72-4687-8021-559d808006fc.jpg\" alt=\"The DNS Zone Editor record list showing how to edit or delete MX records\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Now you know how to manage MX records at Hostinger &#127881; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding, editing and deleting MX records at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns-zone-management-at-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4443666-how-to-manage-mx-records-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4443666-como-administrar-registros-mx-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4443666-comment-gerer-les-enregistrements-mx-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4443666-cara-mengelola-catatan-mx-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4443666-como-gerenciar-registros-mx-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4443666---mx---hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4783,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/4783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}