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Getting Started Guide: Email Hosting

Getting started with email hosting involves setting up your email accounts, configuring access, and understanding the available features within your hosting service. This includes creating mailboxes, accessing webmail, and configuring your email on devices or email clients.

This getting started guide from Crazy Domains provides an overview of the essential steps and resources for managing your email hosting. Use this article as a reference to set up and manage your email accounts.

 

Table of Contents

  1. Connecting your Domain to Email Hosting
  2. Your Hosting Manager
  3. How to Create an Email Account
  4. How to access your Email Account
  5. Quick Email Settings
  6. Desktop - Email Access
  7. Webmail - Email Access
  8. Mobile - Email Access
 

1. Connecting your Domain to Email Hosting

If your domain and web hosting are with Crazy Domains, then your Email Hosting is automatically connected to them.

If your domain is registered with another provider, then you need to first connect it with your web hosting. To do that, you need to log in to your domain’s management console and update the Name Servers to that of your Web Hosting provider.

For more information regarding connecting your domain to your email hosting, click the link below:

 

2. Your Hosting Manager

Your Hosting Manager is where you can create and set up your email accounts, as well as manage them. Just log in to your Hosting Manager and click the word Email (or the [ v ] arrow symbol on the right) on the Home page to see your options.

 

3. How to Create an Email Account

Once you have connected your domain to your hosting, you can then access your Hosting Manager and start creating email addresses.

Before you can start sending email using your professional address, you have to create the email account first. For instructions on how to create an email account, click the link below.

The next sections will show you how to access your new email account> using various tools.

 

4. How to access your Email Account

There are many ways to check your email, so you can pick the way that you find most convenient.

For Desktop Email Clients, you can use the following:

For Webmail you can check emails using any browser like the following:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Internet Explorer
  • Edge

You can also use any third party software using your mobile device. You can find appropriate mobile apps from the following app stores:

  • Play Store (Android)
  • App Store (iOS)
  • BlackBerry World (BlackBerry OS)
 

5. Quick Email Settings

You will need these settings to configure your email client. Each client will have different layouts, this is the basic set of information that any email client will need.

Incoming Server mail.YourDomain.com
Outgoing Server mail.YourDomain.com
Username Your full e-mail address
Password Your e-mail account password
Incoming Port 110 for POP3 or 143 for IMAP
Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port 587
SSL NO
SMTP Authentication Required
Secure Authentication or SPA Needs to be turned off
 

6. Desktop - Email Access

You can use any mail client (such as Outlook or Mac Mail) that you want to connect to our servers. The tutorials below will guide you in setting up your email client.

Windows

Mac

 

7. Webmail - Email Access

Webmail allows you to check your email from your browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. Webmail requires no configuration settings — you can simply log in and check your email. The tutorial link below will show you how to log in to your Webmail.

 

8. Mobile - Email Access

You can configure your mobile phone, tablet or any mobile device to connect to your email. The tutorial links below will guide you in setting up email on some common mobile devices.

 

Other Email related options

The tutorials below will show you how to configure different personalised email settings.

 

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