{"id":1295,"date":"2019-12-10T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/12\/10\/3559975-how-to-set-up-a-domain-for-titan-email-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","slug":"3559975-how-to-set-up-a-domain-for-titan-email-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3559975-how-to-set-up-a-domain-for-titan-email-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up a Domain for Titan Email at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">To use your domain for <a href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Titan Email<\/a> with your domain, make sure that you have the necessary configurations in your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone. To set it up, you can either watch the video tutorial or follow the step-by-step instructions below:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-h2b-video\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Set Up Your Domain for Emails at Hostinger\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPjUk1VQ-g4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_4b4eea72f8\">Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Before starting, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You are the owner of the domain name and have access to the domain&rsquo;s DNS zone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re using the Free Titan Email included in your hosting plan, the domain must be <a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">added<\/a> to the hosting plan. In case your website is hosted elsewhere or you haven&rsquo;t built it yet, you can <a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website#h_fa8f137ab4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">create an empty website<\/a> so the free email order can be created on your hosting plan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re using the <b>Titan Business <\/b>or <b>Titan Enterprise <\/b>standalone (without a hosting plan), the domain should not added to any hosting plan either on your account or any other Hostinger account<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_cc0fc95f9a\">Where to make the changes? <\/h2><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is <a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointing to Hostinger<\/a> by NS records, go to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/b> &rarr; <b>Dashboard<\/b> and search for <b>DNS Zone Editor<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is pointed elsewhere by nameservers, the DNS record needs to be set up <a href=\"\/support\/4410887-dns-record-changes-in-other-registrars-hosting-providers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">at the platform<\/a> to which your domain is pointed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"setting-mx-record-for-titan-mail\">Setting up MX records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Before you add the new values, make sure to delete any old values of MX records &ndash; otherwise, it can affect your email performance.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, create the following MX records:  <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\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>Host<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/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>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">mx1.titan.email<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">mx2.titan.email<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The result should look like the following:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/12\/abfb03bb-f400-45f4-a114-687ce6b0982c.jpg\" alt=\"The domain DNS zone at hPanel showing MX records for Titan Email\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_48007bf26a\">Setting up an SPF record<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To prevent emails from going to the spam folder, you need to add an SPF record. SPF is a type of TXT record.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you have any previous SPF records, delete them and add the following TXT record to your domain:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;width: 210px\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name (Host)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;width: 210px\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TXT value<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">v=spf1 include:spf.titan.email ~all<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;width: 210px\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Default value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The result will look like this:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/12\/14c0eb81-7bda-4e9d-8139-b0edc8751ac7.jpg\" alt=\"The domain DNS zone at hPanel showing TXT record for Titan Email SPF\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">All settings are done! Once these changes are <a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">propagated<\/a> (up to 24 hours), go to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/b> &rarr; domain name &rarr; <b>Domain Verification<\/b>: <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/12\/a74471e0-7d5a-4083-94fb-7a0d7da60803.jpg\" alt=\"The Titan Mail dashboard on hPanel showing where to verify a domain\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Scroll to the bottom of that page, check the option indicating you have made the changes, and click on <b>Verify my domain<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/12\/002a310c-3236-4910-be23-f0b1e57be814.jpg\" alt=\"The domain verification page for Titan Email showing to check that changes were made and click on the Verify my domain button\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once the domain is verified, you will be able to use your Titan Email right away.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">With Titan Email, your email messages are automatically authenticated with a default DKIM signature. To create a custom one, check this article: <a href=\"\/support\/6780569-how-to-add-dkim-records-for-titan-email\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Add DKIM Records for Titan Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To create a DMARC record, refer here: <a href=\"\/support\/8412851-how-to-add-a-dmarc-record\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Add a DMARC Record<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up email DNS records (MX and SPF records) for Titan Email<\/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":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titan-email"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3559975-how-to-set-up-a-domain-for-titan-email-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3559975-comment-configurer-un-nom-de-domaine-pour-titan-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3559975-bagaimana-cara-setup-domain-untuk-titan-email-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3559975-como-configurar-um-dominio-para-o-e-mail-titan\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/3559975------titan--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","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=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6296,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}