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How to set up business email on a Hostinger domain
The short answer
Add your domain in Mailaholic, then in Hostinger’s hPanel go to Domains → Manage → DNS / Nameservers and add the records Mailaholic shows. Delete Hostinger’s own mx1/mx2.hostinger.com MX records and its SPF record, wait for every record to turn green in Mailaholic, and create your mailboxes.
Before you start
- A Mailaholic account, with your domain added under Domains. The dashboard then shows the exact records for your domain.
- Access to the place where your domain’s DNS is managed. That is wherever its nameservers point, which is not always where you bought it.
- Your Hostinger login. hPanel can only edit DNS while the domain uses Hostinger’s nameservers; otherwise add the records where the nameservers point.
The records you will add
Mailaholic shows the exact values for your domain. For a domain like yourdomain.com they look like this:
| Type | Name | Value | Priority | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXT | _mailnest-verify | mailnest-verify=… (your own code, shown in the dashboard) | — | Step 1 only: proves the domain is yours |
| MX | @ | mx.workaholicdevelopers.com | 10 | Brings incoming email to your mailboxes |
| TXT | @ | v=spf1 a:mx.workaholicdevelopers.com ~all | — | SPF: lets our server send as you |
| TXT | dkim._domainkey | v=DKIM1;… (your own key, shown in the dashboard) | — | DKIM: signs every message you send |
| TXT | _dmarc | v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:… (shown in the dashboard) | — | DMARC: reporting, starting in monitor mode |
Step by step
Add your domain in Mailaholic
In Mailaholic, add your domain. It shows an ownership record: a TXT named
_mailnest-verifywith a code that is unique to you.Open the DNS editor
In hPanel, open Domains, click Manage next to the domain, then open DNS / Nameservers.
Prove ownership
Under Manage DNS records, choose type TXT, enter the name
_mailnest-verify, paste the value from Mailaholic and click Add Record. Then confirm it in Mailaholic.Add the mail records
Add the MX record (name
@, points tomx.workaholicdevelopers.com, priority 10), then the SPF, DKIM and DMARC TXT records from the table.Remove Hostinger’s mail records
Hostinger email adds MX records for mx1.hostinger.com and mx2.hostinger.com and an SPF record that includes _spf.mail.hostinger.com. Delete them, so only Mailaholic’s remain.
Wait for green, then go
Mailaholic re-checks each record live. When all are green, create your mailboxes and send a test.
Check that it worked
- Mailaholic checks each record live and marks it green or red, so you can see what still needs fixing.
- Most changes show up within an hour; some providers take up to 24–48 hours.
- Once all records are green, create a mailbox and send a test email to a Gmail or Outlook address, then reply to it.
Checked October 2026 against each provider’s own help pages. Menus move — if a label differs on your screen, look for the nearest match.
Problems and questions
Mail still goes to my old provider
SPF shows red
DKIM shows red
Can I keep my website on Hostinger?
Can I use Hostinger email and Mailaholic together?
How long do the changes take?
Sources: support.hostinger.com/en/articles/4443666-how-to-manage-..., hostinger.com/support/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-...
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