You can create a new email account in cPanel in just a few clicks, and once that account is created you can access it either by web mail or with an email client of your choice.
Today in the short video above I show you how to do these two things.
#1 – Create a new email account in cPanel.
#2 – Access one of the standard web mail tools that come with cPanel.
The web mail software I like to use is RoundCube. To begin with it’s not very friendly by default, but with a couple of tweaks I show you in the video, it looks *much* better and is far easier to use.
And… Did you know that with cPanel hosting you can easily access your web mail just by going to:-
yourdomain.dom/webmail
Isn’t that cool? It auto-redirects you to the correct place so you don’t have to remember a complicated URL in order to access your email anywhere that has internet access.
Armed with that first piece of information you can begin to wean yourself of free web based email and begin to use email off your own domain instead.
Coming shortly is how to use a free Windows client to access multiple email accounts and keep everything in one neat place – and still be able to take it with you wherever you go. 😉
-Frank Haywood
http://www.frankhaywood.com/tag/project-email/ <== Click this for a list of all Project Email posts.
Thanks Frank … good stuff I didn’t know about Webmail.
I had been using Horde for a very good reason … it’s the first one on the left! 🙂 And it’s a stretch to say I “use” it … I generally have all website mail forwarded to my main Outlook account. Looking forward to what you have to say about “multiple email accounts and (how to) keep everything in one neat place”
Bernie
loving you info thank you.
Gee Frank,
This series is a real eye opener and I can already see how it’s going to change my thinking and practice with email considerably.
Many thanks for your efforts. Very much appreciated!
Hi Frank
Great stuff
Learnt a few golden nuggets for sure.
I already knew how to set up email accounts but always used Outlook to add all my incoming and outgoing email through Outlook, but Outlook for the Mac is quite buggy.
What i did not know was the way to log into my email with my domain http://www.Domainname:2095
Thanks again
Hi Frank –
On the odd occasion when I used web mail – you know I never used roundcube before – always horde.
Roundcube is 100 times better interface than the other 2
You live and learn 🙂
everyday
Thanks Frank
Hi Frank,
Thanks for the share!
Is there a way to change the email password without going through the cPanel?
BRgds, Michael
Thanks, Frank, very helpful!