{"id":584,"date":"2023-12-04T10:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/12\/04\/8671319-set-up-a-domain-for-hostinger-email-manually\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:58:55","slug":"8671319-set-up-a-domain-for-hostinger-email-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8671319-set-up-a-domain-for-hostinger-email-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up a domain for Hostinger Email manually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is not connected to Hostinger via <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583247-where-to-find-hostinger-nameservers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nameservers<\/a>, you need to configure the domain for Hostinger Email manually &#128071;<\/p><h2 id=\"h_46bbfbd500\">Accessing the domain&rsquo;s DNS management zone<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/8671230-how-to-check-domain-nameservers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">know where your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone is managed from<\/a>, log in to your account at the service provider&rsquo;s website and find the domain settings. Such settings may be called as follows:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">DNS management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">DNS zone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Advanced DNS management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Advanced domain settings or similar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">In general, look for the option to add, edit, or delete DNS records. You may also find a list of guides for different domain service providers here: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4410887-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-registrars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to change DNS records in other registrars<\/a>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_3a079f3a02\">Opening the Connect Domain Tool at Hostinger<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">In a new browser tab:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Log in to your Hostinger account<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/b> section<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to your domain<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b>Connect Domain<\/b> section:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/12\/591da362-c174-4c3f-9e2b-0a47217244e3.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger Email Connect Domain menu item highlighted in the sidebar\" data-media-id=\"2684\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Here, you will find three sections &mdash; each of them is related to<b> specific DNS records<\/b> you need to add to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Receive emails &mdash;<b> <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4407237-what-are-hostinger-email-mx-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MX<\/a> <\/b>records<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Protect your reputation &mdash; <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583673-what-is-hostinger-spf-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TXT<\/a><\/b> (<b>SPF<\/b>) records<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Improve email deliverability &mdash; <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4456413-how-to-add-dkim-records-for-hostinger-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNAME<\/a><\/b> (<b>DKIM<\/b>) records<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Check all of those sections to find the exact values of the necessary records, and add them to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone. You may also refer to the table below to find more detailed instructions:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 77px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Record<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 375px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Description<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Instruction<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>MX<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 375px\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Essential for receiving emails<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s two records of MX type<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4407237-what-are-hostinger-email-mx-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MX Records for Hostinger Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>SPF<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 375px\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Vital for sending emails<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s one record of TXT type<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583673-what-is-hostinger-spf-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPF Record for Hostinger Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>DKIM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 375px\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Vital for sending emails<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Improves deliverability and prevents emails from being marked as spam<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s three records of CNAME type<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4456413-how-to-add-dkim-records-for-hostinger-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DKIM Records for Hostinger Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77px\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>DMARC<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 375px\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Not mandatory for basic email operations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Highly recommended for enhanced security<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Helps protect from phishing and spoofing attacks&#8203;&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s one record of TXT type<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/8412851-how-to-add-a-dmarc-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DMARC Record for Hostinger Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The final result should look similar to this:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/03\/b18315ee-dde7-460e-a13d-ae5f41e77cf4.jpg\" alt=\"An example of DNS records for Hostinger Email\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#128161; After making these changes, your email service may take up to 24 hours to start working due to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS propagation<\/a>. This delay is unavoidable&mdash;just give it time, and your emails will function as expected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manual domain configuration for Hostinger 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":[288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-getting-started"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8671319-set-up-a-domain-for-hostinger-email-manually\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/8671319-como-configurar-manualmente-un-dominio-para-el-email-de-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/8671319-configurez-manuellement-un-nom-de-domaine-pour-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/8671319-cara-setup-domain-untuk-email-hostinger-secara-manual\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/8671319-rankinis-domeno-nustatymas-hostinger-el-pastui\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/8671319-como-fazer-a-configuracao-manual-de-dominio-para-e-mail-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/8671319-----hostinger-\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","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=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13421,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/13421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}