{"id":1261,"date":"2020-09-03T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/03\/4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:11:11","slug":"4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Email MX Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>MX (Mail Exchange) records<\/b> are like postal addresses for emails. They tell email servers where to deliver emails<b> <\/b>for a domain, helping to ensure that emails reach the correct destination.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you use <a href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-on-your-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Email<\/a> with your <b>domain<\/b>, the following MX records should be present in your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone: <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;width: 127px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;width: 139px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Priority<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Value (Mail server)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 127px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">mx1.hostinger.com <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 127px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">mx2.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">For&nbsp;<b>subdomains<\/b>, instead of the&nbsp;<b>@<\/b>&nbsp;in the name field, enter the name of your subdomain, e.g., the subdomain&nbsp;<b>example.domain.tld<\/b>, will require the following records:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 128px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 141px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Priority<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Value (Mail server)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 128px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">example<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">mx1.hostinger.com <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 128px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">example<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">mx2.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You can also find the values<b> Hostinger Email MX records<\/b> in the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a> <\/b>section of your hPanel:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the <b>Manage<\/b> button next to the preferred email account.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Select <b>Connect Domain <\/b>on the left sidebar.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check the <b>Receive Emails<\/b> tab where the <b>Expected records<\/b> will be displayed:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/958e9658-75b3-4fd9-b120-4fe5fd5b571b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To add these records to your domain, follow the steps depending on which service (Hostinger or else) your domain is pointing to via nameservers.<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is <a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointing to Hostinger<\/a> by nameservers, click on <b>Connect automatically<\/b>:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/b6577cb7-a60f-4367-a9bf-ce8572600937.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is pointing elsewhere by nameservers, you must <b>manually<\/b> <b>add these records to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone<\/b>.<b> <\/b>Make sure to delete<b> <\/b>any existing MX records before adding the new values. Check our guides for some popular domain registrars here: <a href=\"\/support\/4410887-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-registrars\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Change DNS Records in Other Registrars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><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, <a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS propagation<\/a> may require a few hours, during which your email service may be temporarily out of service. Once completed, your email service will be up and running smoothly &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what are the MX records for Hostinger Email and how to add them to your domain<\/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":[219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-dns-records"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4407237-cuales-son-los-registros-mx-para-utilizar-el-email-de-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4407237-que-sont-les-enregistrements-mx-pour-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4407237-apa-saja-catatan-mx-untuk-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4407237-o-que-sao-os-registros-mx-para-hostinger-e-mail\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4407237---mx----hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","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=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4822,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}