Do you need to set up an email in CPanel?
Follow these easy steps to set up an email.
- Login to CPanel
- These details are found in an email from your hosting company
- They are usually the same login details as your hosting account
- CPanel address is yourwebsite.com/cpanel
- Once you are inside CPanel
- Locate the Mail section – see image below
- Click on Email Accounts
Fill in the Email details
- Email: add an email preference
- Password: Add a strong password
- Use the password generator
- A strong password should be:
- At least 15 characters long
- Contain numbers and letters e.g. 5 or a
- Contain a capital letter e.g. H
- Contain a special character e.g. $
- Write the password down or save it in Notepad on your computer
- Click Create Account
- See image below
- Once the new email account is created
- You will see it appear in the box below
- This is where you can edit the password or delete it
- You can also get the settings to create the same email account in a third party email client like Outlook
- See image below
- Select the More button at the end – see image below
- Select Configure Email Client
- This will give you all the settings you need to set up your email in Outlook
- IMAP is the best option for email
- You will require the following credentials to st up your email in Outlook
- Username: youremail
- Password: the new password you just created
- Incoming Server: what ever is listed on this page
- Outgoing Server: what ever is listed on this page
- You can then just add these to your Outlook settings under the new account section
Written by Jodi Allbon 2014
