Your email account is something you probably take for granted. After all, one of the first things you did when you connected to the Internet was open a browser and set up a new inbox. For your daily personal work, free email services provider like Google and Yahoo are adequate. But if you want to create a website and establish an online business, you must have a branded email address that is associated with your domain name.
For businesses, this is especially important. Let’s say you’ve built a great-looking online shop and done all the marketing. You managed to attract potential clients, but they see that your contact email is on Yahoo. While this isn’t a guaranteed turn-off, it may very well turn them away.
Even if you’re a blogger who doesn’t want to make a lot of money from your website, it’s still a good idea to use a branded email address as your primary contact. Otherwise, your followers may be left with the impression that their emails may go unnoticed amid private communications in your Gmail account.
Fortunately, creating a branded email address is usually pretty straightforward if you have a registered domain and a hosting account. It’s even easier if you choose one of Softxaa’s managed hosting solutions.
Creating email accounts in HostPanel
HostPanel, the all-in-one hosting control panel integrated into your Softxaa-managed hosting account, allows you to create email addresses associated with main and addon domains added to your HostPanel. The number of inboxes you can set up depends on the limit set in your hosting account. Here’s what you need to do to create a new one:
- Log in to HostPanel’s user interface and go to the email account. The utility for managing email accounts is available under the Email section on HostPanel’s homepage.
HostPanel Email Tools - Create a new email address and set a password. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a list of all existing email addresses set up in your hosting account. Above that, you have a form to create a new inbox You need to choose a username and a domain from the drop-down menu next to it. Once this is done, you can set the password for the inbox. The password should be at least eight characters long and include at least one letter, number, and symbol. You can use the HostPanel password generator to generate strong passwords.
How to Create an Email Account - Click on create email button to complete the process, HostPanel will make your new email inbox in a few seconds, and the address will appear in the list below the form you just filled out.
The user can access it through an email client (using the settings described in your welcome email) or through webmail. You can delete email accounts and change their passwords through the existing email account list.
