{"id":24414,"date":"2026-11-04T03:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=24414"},"modified":"2026-11-04T03:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:07:46","slug":"how-to-use-allow-and-block-lists-in-hostinger-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-use-allow-and-block-lists-in-hostinger-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use allow and block lists in Hostinger Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostinger Mail allow and block lists control which senders each mailbox accepts incoming email from and which addresses it can send email to. Open <b>Settings<\/b> &rarr; <b>Allow \/ Block Lists<\/b> in Webmail, then add domains or email addresses to the allow list or block list in the <b>Incoming mail<\/b> or <b>Outgoing mail<\/b> section. The block list takes priority when an address appears on both lists.<\/p><h3><b>Before you start<\/b><\/h3><ul>\n<li>Allow and block lists apply to each mailbox separately.<\/li>\n<li>In <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-webmail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583218-how-to-access-webmail-of-hostinger-email\/\">Webmail<\/a>, you manage the lists of the mailbox you&rsquo;re logged into. In Hostinger dashboard, you can manage the lists of any mailbox on your domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-open-allow-block-lists-in-hostinger-mail-webmail\">Open Allow \/ Block lists in Hostinger Mail Webmail<\/h2><p>Hostinger Mail Webmail has a dedicated <b>Allow \/ Block Lists<\/b> page in its settings.<\/p><ol>\n<li>Log in to Webmail for the mailbox you want to manage.<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Settings<\/b> in the sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>All settings<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06.png 505w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Allow \/ Block Lists<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The <b>Allow \/ Block lists<\/b> page has two sections, <b>Incoming mail<\/b> and <b>Outgoing mail<\/b>. Each section has its own <b>Allow list<\/b> and <b>Block list<\/b>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-allow-or-block-incoming-email-in-hostinger-mail\">Allow or block incoming email in Hostinger Mail<\/h2><p>The <b>Incoming mail<\/b> section controls which senders can deliver email to your Hostinger Mail mailbox. There are two incoming lists:<\/p><ul>\n<li><b>Allow list<\/b> &ndash; your mailbox only accepts incoming email from the addresses or domains on this list. Leave the list empty to accept email from anyone.<\/li>\n<li><b>Block list<\/b> &ndash; incoming email from addresses or domains on this list is rejected and bounced back to the sender.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #feedaf80;border-color: #fbc91633\">\n<p>Adding even one entry to the incoming allow list stops your mailbox from accepting email from every sender that isn&rsquo;t on the list.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>To add a sender to an incoming list:<\/p><ol>\n<li>In the <b>Allow list<\/b> or <b>Block list<\/b> field of the <b>Incoming mail<\/b> section, enter a domain, such as <code>domain.tld<\/code>, or an email address, such as <code>name.surname@email.tld<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Add<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1915\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1.png 1915w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_1-1536x600.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1915px) 100vw, 1915px\" \/><\/p><p>The new entry appears in the list below the field.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-allow-or-block-outgoing-email-in-hostinger-mail\">Allow or block outgoing email in Hostinger Mail<\/h2><p>The <b>Outgoing mail<\/b> section controls which addresses your Hostinger Mail mailbox can send email to. There are two outgoing lists:<\/p><ul>\n<li><b>Allow list<\/b> &ndash; your mailbox can only send email to the addresses or domains on this list. Leave the list empty to send email to anyone.<\/li>\n<li><b>Block list<\/b> &ndash; email sent to addresses or domains on this list is silently rejected. The recipient never receives it, and you don&rsquo;t receive a bounce message.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>To add a recipient to an outgoing list:<\/p><ol>\n<li>In the <b>Allow list<\/b> or <b>Block list<\/b> field of the <b>Outgoing mail<\/b> section, enter a domain, such as <code>domain.tld<\/code>, or an email address, such as <code>name.surname@email.tld<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Add<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1915\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2.png 1915w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-04_10-06_2-1536x673.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1915px) 100vw, 1915px\" \/><\/p><p>The new entry appears in the list below the field.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-block-list-priority-in-hostinger-mail-allow-and-block-lists\">Block list priority in Hostinger Mail allow and block lists<\/h2><p>The block list takes priority when an address or domain appears on both the allow list and the block list. Incoming email from that sender is rejected and bounced back. Outgoing email to that address is rejected.<\/p><p>With allow and block lists in place, you decide which senders reach your Hostinger Mail mailbox and which addresses your mailbox can send email to.<\/p><p><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>To move email from specific senders to the <b>Spam<\/b> folder instead of rejecting it, <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-set-up-an-email-filter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469173-how-to-set-up-email-filters-with-hostinger-email\/\">set up an email filter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control which senders reach your mailbox and which addresses it can send email to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24414","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\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24418,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24414\/revisions\/24418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}