Question

How do I set up my E-Mail addresses ?

Answer:

Before you can set up your e-mail on outlook or mac mail you have to make sure it is first set up in your Cpanel.  


video tutorial: http://www.blututorial.com/cpanel_e-mail
  1. You can access you Cpanel by going to your website address and then typing /cpanel at the end of it.  For example:  www.yoursiteaddress.com/cpanel.  
  2. From here a password entry box will pop up where you will be required to input the username and password provided to you by your bludomain representative.  Once you click log in, having entered the correct information, you will be brought to the Cpanel interface.  
  3. The very first Icon entitled “mail” is the one you will go to to set up e-mail accounts – click on the mail Icon, then select manage/add/remove accounts and click on it
  4. at the bottom of the screen you will see that there is an add account button – once you click on it you will be able to create your new e-mail account
  5. once you enter the e-mail account you will see that you can edit the password and the quota – set your password to whatever you like and change the quota from 10 MB to 100 MB
Once you have completed the above steps you can now set up your e-mail on your MAC mail (for mac users) or Outlook (for PC users):

MAC Mail (OSX Tiger):  http://www.blututorial.com/macmail_setup.mov
  1. Open Mac Mail and click on the mail button at the top of your screen and select preferences
  2. click on the Accounts icon at the top of the window that opens
  3. click on the + symbol at the bottom of your screen to add a new e-mail account
  4. a window will come up where you have to specify the account type which is a POPfull e-mail addresscontinue button to move to the next step. account.  In site description you can type in whatever you like to identify the account (for example “info” or “personal account”).  You can then fill in your name as you want it to appear on the e-mails you send out.  Below that you fill in your as created through the Cpanel on your site.  Click on the
  5. your incoming mail server will be mail.yoursiteaddress.com, your username will be your full e-mail address and the password will be whatever you specified in the Cpanel of your site – click continue to move to the next step.
  6. Do not check the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and click continue again
  7. As the outgoing mail server you will type in the smtp address of your internet provider – for example: smtp.comcast.net – if you do not know this information, contact your internet provider and ask them what their outgoing mail server is.  Do not check the use authentication box and click continue.
  8. Click on the done button after you view the account summary and you have successfully set up your e-mail account
Outlook or Outlook Express (Windows Users):  http://www.blututorial.com/outlook_express
  1. Click on tools and go to accounts and click on Add – from there select mail...
  2. Fill in what you want the account name to be and click next
  3. Fill in your e-mail account and click next
  4. Specify your server type from the drop box – POP3 and fill in the incoming mail server:  mail.yoursiteaddress.com and the SMTP server: this would be the outgoing mail server of your internet provider (for example: SMTP.comcast.net), if you do not know what this is, call your internet provider  and ask what their outgoing mail server is.  Click next once the information has been entered.
  5. in the account name field enter your full e-mail address and below that enter your password for the account you are creating.  Once done click onto the next button and click on finish and you will have successfully set up your e-mail.





category: last updated: Jul 24, 2007
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