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How do I create e-mail accounts?

To create an email account for your domain, follow these steps:

1. Login to your Netfirms Members Control Panel at https://controlpanel.netfirms.com
2. Click E-mail
3. Click E-mail Accounts
4. Click Add
5. In the Email User box, enter a name
6. From the pull-down box, select a domain you would like the email address to be associated with
7. In the Password box, enter a password (up to 8 alphanumeric characters)
8. Click Add

NOTE: The number of accounts you can create is dependant upon which plan you are on.

After you have created the email accounts you can start using them with either:

(a) a POP client (eg. Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape Mail)

or

(b) by accessing the Netfirms Webmail system at http://webmail.netfirms.com (or webmail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain is your registered domain hosted by Netfirms).

Email Forwarding and Catch-All

To configure Email forwards or catch-all, click E-mail Forwarding click the plus sign that appears to the left of the newly created webmail account. Then follow the onscreen prompts:

  • Each webmail account can also be configured to forward to one or more forwarding addresses. Separate multiple forwarding addresses by a comma or space (maximum no. of characters in forwarding text box cannot exceed 255 characters including commas and spaces).
  • Each webmail account that is forwarded can also have the option to keep a local copy of each message

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