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Creating
a POP email Account
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CPanel Tutorials
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- Log in to your control panel.
- Click on the link "Mail" under the mail icon.
- You will be taken to "Mail Manager Main Menu" where you will find all the controls over you POP mail accounts and user preferences.
- Click on "Add/Remove Accounts" link.You will be taken to "Mail accounts maintanance" page.
- You will see you already have a default POP mail account set up-it's yourusername@yoursite.com where yourusername is the username provided to you in your welcome e-mail.
- To create a new POP account click on "[Add account ]".
- Enter the name of your new POP email account in "E Mail" entry box.
- Ensure that the proper domain name is selected in dropdown menu placed right side.
- Now enter a password for POP account you are creating.Password should be 6-8 alpha-numeric characters i.e. in combination of alphabets and numbers and should not contain your user name.Please remember the password and do not share with anyone.
- Optionally you may specify maximum disc space quota for this email account by entering value in "Quota" entry box.By default the value is 10 MB.
- Click on "Create" button.
- You will get a confirmation dialogue stating your new POP account name,Login id,password and amount of disc space alloted for this account.
- Click on "Go Back" to go to "Mail accounts maintanance" page where you will find your new POP email accoount below your default POP email account.
Now you may use following options to manage your new POP account :-
- Log in to manage your mail through "Webmail".
- Change disc space quotq for your mail box through "Change Quota" .
- Change Password through" Change Pass".
- Delete the account altogather by "Delete".
- To see amount of disc space used by each account click on "Show disc space used".
- You may set up you new POP account in your favourite email program e.g. Outlook Express.
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