How do I get started sending and receiving email?
Step 1 -- Create your Email Account
To create your email account, first log into your Control Panel, click the 'Hosting Manager' link from the green menu, find your site in the services list, and click the 'Site Manager' link beside it. Choose 'Email & FTP' from the menu to the left, then click the 'Add Email/FTP' button. Enter the name and password for your email account, then click the 'Submit Form' button. If you want your email account to double as an FTP account, be sure to check the 'Enable FTP Access' button as well.
Step 2 -- Log into your Account
You can access your email using a web-based interface at http://mail.yourdomain.com , where "yourdomain.com" is substituted with your actual domain name, but you may also use a more traditional mail client such as Mozilla Thunderbird (Windows, Mac, Linux), KMail (Linux), Eudora (Windows, MacOS), Mail.app (MacOS), Entourage (MacOS), Outlook (Windows), or Outlook Express (Windows).
When setting up your email client software to send and receive email, you will need the four pieces of information listed below. In all instances of yourdomain.com, replace it with your actual domain name.
- Incoming Mail Server (POP or IMAP):
For your account, use mail.yourdomain.com - Email account Username:
Your username is "username@yourdomain.com" (you must include the full email address) - Email account Password:
Your password is the email password you assigned when you created the email account - Outbound Mail Server (or SMTP server):
For your account, use mail.yourdomain.com . When setting up your outbound mail server, also be sure to enable 'SMTP Authentication' using the same username and password as above.
For further information on setting up various email programs, see:
