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How to Set up a Domain for cPanel email?
How to Set up a Domain for cPanel email?

Setting up email DNS records (MX, SPF, and DKIM records)

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Written by Ignas Rimkūnas
Updated over a week ago

To have your email account working with Hostinger, you only need to do a few easy steps:

If your domain is pointed to Hostinger via nameservers, all the required MX and SPF records are added automatically. DKIM records can be enabled in a few clicks.

If Your Domain Is Pointed Elsewhere via Nameservers

If your domain is pointed to another provider via nameservers, your DNS zone is also managed from there. For instance, if your domain is pointed to Cloudflare via nameservers, your domain's DNS zone is managed from Cloudflare.

As long as your domain is pointed to Hostinger by A record, the changes you should make to your DNS zone can be found in the Email Deliverability section on cPanel:

The Email Deliverability section on cPanel

There you can find the necessary values of MX, SPF, and DKIM records.

After making any changes to your domain's DNS zone, DNS propagation starts. Give it some time to complete, and your email service will be up and running smoothly 💡

If Your Domain Is Pointed Elsewhere via an A Record

Add cPanel MX records: since MX records of cPanel point back to your server IP, to use email services with us, follow this procedure:

  1. Create a subdomain (for example, mails)

  2. Point the subdomain to your cPanel’s hosting IP address here at Hostinger via A record

  3. Point your domain’s MX record to the newly created subdomain

Once this is done, your MX records will be pointed to our server 👍

cPanel TXT (SPF) record: the required TXT (SPF) record for cPanel can be found inside your DNS management zone, copy the record and add it to your active DNS zone.

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