Guides & Manuals

How to configure an e-mail account in Outlook Express

If you have an email account set up on the server, you may want to configure Outlook or Outlook express to send/receive email from this email address. To configure Outlook to connect to your account, please do the following:

   1. Open Outlook Express

   2. In the top menu, click Tools

   3. Click the Accounts link

   4. Select the Mail tab

   5. Click the Add button

   6. Click Mail

   7. In the Display Name field, type any name you wish to associate with this email. This is only for aesthetic purposes. It doesn't matter what name you use in this field.

   8. Click the Next button

   9. In the field to the right of E-mail Address, type the full email address including the domain name.

  10. Click the Next button

  11. For the Incoming and Outgoing servers, put mail.yourdomain.com or your server's IP address.

  12. Click the Next button

  13. For the Account Name, type the full email address (including the domain name).

  14. In the Password section, type the password for the email.

  15. Click the Next button

  16. Click the Finish button

  17. You should still see the Mail tab, so click the Properties button

  18. Select the Servers tab  19. Check the box at the bottom which says "My server requires authentication"

  20. Select the Advanced tab

  21. At the top you will see "Server Port Numbers" and "Outgoing mail (SMTP):" with a value of 25. You need to change this to port 26 if you are not able to send emails using 25.

  22. Click the Apply button, OK button, and the Close button.

  23. Now you can test your email.

How do I create email accounts in cPanel?

The same steps work for your primary, addon, and subdomains.
To create an email account:

Login to cPanel and click Email Accounts.
Fill in the name you want and select the domain name from the drop-down.
Type the desired password twice.
Change the quota if you want.
Click Create.

*NOTE: By default you have no email address setup. The main username may look like it is setup as an email, but if you wish to use it, you will need to add it as an email account.

How to upload a file using the File Manager

1. Login to cPanel and click File Manager
2. Choose to open Web Root and Show hidden files
3. At the top, click Upload.
4. Click the Browse button.
5. Double click the file you want to upload to your site.
6. Wait for the blue bar to complete, then go back to File Manager.