- How do I set up my email accounts?
One of the primary reasons a person gets his own website is to have personalized email such as yourname@yourdomain.com, and typically you will also want several accounts for members of your family or employees at your business:
(e.g. johnsmith@yourdomain.com).
Our Primary Hosting Plan includes 100 POP email accounts.
In your cPanel the first icon is Mail. Click on it and it takes you to the Mail Manager Main Menu. Click on add/remove/manage accounts. Create an account like yourname@yourdomain.com.
You will see your newly created account along with your login username and password you created for logging in to your mail server.
Your server settings you will enter into your email client (such as Outlook or Thunderbird) will be something like this:
Server Type: POP Mail Server
Port : 110
Server Name: mail.yourdomain.com
User Name: yourname+yourdomain.com
Under Security Settings - Use Secure Connection check "Never".
Also make sure the Use Secure Authentication checkbox is unchecked.
When you login to your account enter the password you created.
To send mail you have to configure your outgoing server (SMTP), which in most cases is:
smtp.yourdomain.com
Port: 25
HOWEVER, some ISP's such as Netscape for instance only allow you to smtp via their servers. In that case you must contact your Internet Service Provider and ask them what settings to enter for your outgoing server (SMTP).
We know this can be confusing to someone new at this stuff, so always remember we're here to help: email us anytime with your questions or submit a trouble ticket - we'll get you set up in no time!
- How can I stop all the spam I'm getting?
One simple way to hide your email from email harvesters (also known as spambots) is with a JavaScript such as this one:
<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
var m1 = "nospam";
var m2 = "bigeasywebhosting.com";
var link = "Email Big Easy Support"
document.write("<a href=" + "ma" + "il" + "to:" + m1 + "@" + m2 + ">" + link + "</a>");
//--> </script>
You can change it to suit your needs.
For example, you could change "Email Big Easy Support" with something like "Click Here To Email Me". Also, you would want to replace the variables with something like: var m1 = "yourname",
and var m2 = "yourdomain.com". So, Example 2 would send email to "yourname@yourdomain.com" :
Example 2:
<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
var m1 = "yourname";
var m2 = "yourdomain.com";
var link = "Click Here To Email Me"
document.write("<a href=" + "ma" + "il" + "to:" + m1 + "@" + m2 + ">" + link + "</a>");
//--> </script>
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