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Setting up Your Email Account in the Email Control Center

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Last Updated: October 26, 2009 11:33 AM

Once you purchase email accounts or hosting with email, you can set up and customize your email account and mailbox using these instructions. After completing these steps, your new email account and address(es) should be ready to use within 90 minutes.

NOTE: To set up multiple email addresses at once for the same domain name, see Setting Up Multiple Email Addresses in your Email Account.

To Set Up an Email Account

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In My Products, click Email.

    NOTE: If the Email option does not display in My Products, to use a free email credit, click Free Products, click Email Account List, click Use Credit, select the domain you want to use from the list on the right side of the screen, and then click Continue. The account displays as a new account in the Email Account list.

  3. Click Setup Account for the email account you want to use. The Email Control Center displays.
  4. If an option to add addresses or view all email plans displays, click View All to display all of your email plans.
  5. Click Add in the plan you want to use. The Create Mailbox window displays.
  6. On the Settings tab, enter or select the following for your new email address:
    Email Address
    Enter the first part of your new email address and either select a domain registered or hosted with us from the drop down list or enter a domain name that is registered elsewhere.
    Set Password
    Your password in Web-Based Email for this address.
    Confirm Password
    Confirms the password.
    Space for this mailbox
    The amount of storage space for this email address.
    (Optional) Make this mailbox a catchall
    When email is sent to the domain for an address that does not exist, it will automatically be forwarded to this address.
  7. (Optional) On the Related Products tab you can associate this email address with other products. Select or enter any of the following to create the associations:
    Calendar
    Sets up this email address for your Calendar account. Specify the account to use and enter your user name and password. For more information, see Setting Up Calendar.
    Online File Folder
    Sets up this email address for your Online File Folder account. Specify the account to use and enter your user name and password. For more information, see Setting Up Online File Folder.
  8. (Optional) On the Advanced tab, optional settings can be configured for this email address. Enter or select the following to configure these options:
    Send CC To
    Send a copy of each email received to another address. Separate multiple addresses with commas.
    SMTP Relays per day
    The maximum relays that can be sent per day.
  9. (Optional) On the Set Auto-Responder tab, you can configure an automatic reply to each email message sent to this new address. Select or enter the following:
    Use Auto Responder
    Activates automatic responses.
    Message
    The message to be sent.
    From Name
    The email address used to send the message. The default is this email address.
    Subject
    The subject of the message. The default is the incoming email subject.
    Start Time
    The date and time for responses to start.
    End Time
    The date and time for responses to stop.
  10. Click OK to complete email address setup.

For information about setting up your email account to work with a specific email client, see one of the following help articles:

Using Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Your Email

Using Microsoft Entourage with Your Email

Using Mozilla Thunderbird with IMAP or POP Email

Using Apple Mail with Your Email

Using Windows Vista Mail with Your Email