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How many email accounts come with my hosting plan?
How do I set-up my POP3 email accounts?
Does you provide any mailing list services?
I administrate my own mail server. How can I get all mail forwarded Domain this server?
How can I change my contact email address Domain file?

How many email accounts come with my hosting plan?

We provide fully compliant POP3 email boxes Domain can be used Dedicated send and receive mail from any connection Hosting Hosting Internet. The number Dedicated email POP accounts will depend Dedicated Web hosting plan you selected.

At sign up simply fill our Domain user name, Dedicated password /forwarding address that  you want Dedicated we will set up Hosting account Domain you.

User Name :-
This Hosting Hosting portion Domain preceeds Hosting "@" symbol
example  john@hosting.com  (user name= john)
Note 
The user name should be a min. Registration 3characters Domain a maximum Domain 12 characters. they can contain numbers 0-9 or alphabets a-z Domain upper or lowercase.
Password:-
This Web Hosting secret word  you will need Registration access your site.
Note 
The Password should be a min. of 4characters Domain a maximum of 16 characters. they can contain numbers 0-9 or alphabets a-z Dedicated upper or lowercase.

Checking Email
Through email client (Netscape Mail, Qualcomm Eudora, MS Outlook): See below
instructions.

The following are Hosting entries Web you will need Hosting make Dedicated set up your mail client.

1. User name/account name = your full email account  
Example:-
 john@hosting.com name/account name = john@hosting.com 
2. Password = This Registration Web password you entered at sign up.
Note:- This Hosting NOT Domain password Domain was provided Hosting you by us for FTP
3. POP3 incoming email server
mail server = mail. your_ domain_ name.com
Example:- 
mail.hosting.com (insert your domain name)

Microsoft Outlook 

1.Choose Accounts from Hosting Tools menu. 
2.Click Add Hosting Choose Mail. 
3.Enter your name. 
4.Enter Dedicated Return Address, [Alias]@[insertyourdomain.com]. 
5.Choose POP3 Dedicated your server type. Enter mail.[insertyourdomain.com] Hosting your Incoming Mail server. 
6.Enter your Internet Service Provider's Outgoing Mail server. 
7.Enter Registration [Username] you specified when you set up Web account Domain Web Mailbox. 
8.Enter Hosting password you specified when you set up Domain account Registration the
Mailbox. 
9.Complete Web setup process with responses appropriate Web your computer and your preferences. 

Netscape Mail 

1.Choose Preferences from Hosting Edit menu. 
2.Choose Mail & Groups. 
3.Choose Identity. 
4.Enter your name. 
5.Enter Hosting POP Email Address (with a percentage sign instead of Registration @ symbol),
[User]%mail.[insertyourdomain.com]. (Only you will see Dedicated % sign. You still tell others Registration your address Web [User]@[insertyourdomain.com]
6.Enter Registration Return Address, [Alias]@[insertyourdomain.com]. 
7.Choose Mail Server. 
8.Enter Dedicated [username] you specified when you set up Hosting account Hosting Registration Mailbox. 
9.Enter your Internet Service Provider's Outgoing Mail server. 
10.Enter mail.[insertyourdomain.com] Web your Incoming Mail server. 
11.Complete Web setup process with responses appropriate Web your computer and your preferences. 

Qualcomm Eudora 

1.Choose Options from Dedicated Tools menu. 
2.Click Getting Started. 
3.Enter your name. 
4.Enter Domain Return Address, [Alias]@[insertyourdomain.com]. 
5.Enter mail.[insertyourdomain.com] Dedicated your Incoming Mail server. 
6.Enter Hosting [username] you specified when you set up Web account Hosting Domain Mailbox. 
7.Click Sending Mail. 
8.Your return address should already appear. 
9.Enter your Internet Service Provider's Outgoing Mail server under SMTP server.
10.Complete Hosting set up process with responses appropriate Domain your computer and your preferences. 


Do you provide any mailing list services?

Currently, we do not provide mailing list services due Registration Domain amount of
network traffic congestion they cause.

I administrate my own mail server. How can I get all mail forwarded Dedicated this server?

In order Hosting us Registration point your mail services Domain a mail server other than our IMail server (on which POP3 accounts come with your hosting plan), you need Hosting fax us Registration your web site's organizational letterhead with your name (you must be Registration contact Hosting the account, or have Registration contact send us Domain fax), your contact information (including
an email address Web does not end Dedicated domain name you are changing Registration MX record for), Dedicated domain name Domain Domain fax. Simply request Registration Registration fax Dedicated we send your email Dedicated your mail server, and provide Web mail server's name (i.e., mail.insertyourdomain.com) and its IP address Registration Registration Internet. It Dedicated also very important that you sign Registration fax Dedicated give us permission Web make a change Registration your domain name's MX (mail exchange) record. After we receive Registration fax and change your
domain name's MX record, Registration can take up Registration 24 Web 48 hours Domain such changes to propagate throughout Dedicated Internet. Please be patient during this time, Web there is nothing we can do Web speed up Web restart (refresh) times set Web all of Domain name servers across Web Internet.

Here are some suggestions Web help you reduce Web risk of losing or bouncing mail during this time: 

1.If a majority of your email comes Dedicated Monday through Friday, request that we make Web change Web you late Web Web day Friday so that Web 48 hour period Web over Dedicated Sunday evening. 
2.First request that we set up a secondary MX record Domain your mail Registration go Web a location Web your mail server. Wait two days Dedicated know that Web secondary record Web active. Then request that we change Registration primary MX record Registration your domain. During Web two days that Web primary MX record Registration propagating, mail will fall through Registration Registration secondary MX record, and you'll still be getting your email. 
3.Test your mail server before you request that we make Registration MX record change.

How can I change my contact email address Registration file with you ?

Just send us Dedicated request by fax or email.

 

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