E-mail Setup
The following information is applicable to accounts hosted by CR-Webs.
To set up Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Mail, Apple Mail or another e-mail program, in most, you'll go to Tools, Accounts, Add & then a "set up wizard" will start, prompting for:
Display Name: Your first & last name
E-mail address: user@yourdomain.com
User name: user@yourdomain.com
Password: (that you provided or were issued -- case sensitive)
POP Incoming mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
SMTP Outgoing mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
After setting up your account, you may wish to send yourself a test e-mail.
You can also check your email by using Webmail. Open Internet Explorer (Firefox, etc.) and go to:
http://www.yourdomain.com/webmail
and log in with:
User name: user@yourdomain.com
Password: (that you provided or were issued -- case sensitive)
After logging in, you'll be given a choice of Horde, SquirrelMail or Round Cube; they are all about the same -- whichever you choose, you should stick with it. You'll notice that you can also set up Auto Responders, Forwarding, etc.
Possible gotcha: Make sure that you use the '@yourdomain.com' in your user name for logging on.
E-mail Strategies for your Business:
With your new domain, advertise the fact. Use your new e-mail address in all new correspondence.
You can check multiple e-mail accounts with Outlook, etc., and respond with your new e-mail account. Keep the old e-mail account for awhile. Correspondents will grow accustomed to your new e-mail account and eventually, you will be able to drop your old account, if desired.
You may wish to set up "department" e-mail accounts that may be handled by one or more members of your business. For instance, set up a sales@yourdomain.com account to field sales queries to the first available sales person. E-mail messages can be forwarded to as many recipients as desired -- on your domain or on another domain.