Create Email Accounts

Modified on Wed, 26 Nov at 10:07 AM

How to Create and Manage a New Email Account in Site Tools – Video Guide 




With every SiteGround hosting plan, you can have an unlimited number of free email accounts at your domain name. To create them, go to your Client Area > Websites. Choose the website for which you would like to create an email account, and click on Site Tools > Email > Accounts.



Email section in Site Tools


To create your new email account, type the new email address before the “@” and a strong password. When you’re ready filling in the information, click Create and you will have your new email ready in a few seconds.



How to create an email account in Site Tools


Manage Email Accounts

For each email account you create, you can manage its settings from the Manage Email Accounts section below. Note that you can set different values for your email quota from the Actions menu (next to the corresponding email account) > Change Quota but without exceeding the current limits which are set to 10 000 MB per email account.



Actions menu for an email account


You can also configure your email automatically or manually. Go to the Actions menu (next to the corresponding email account) and select Mail Configuration. A pop-up will appear where you can choose the mail client you want to configure. When ready, click Create and follow the instructions in your email client.



Mail Configuration settings


If you choose manual configuration our system will display the email server data that you need to use in order to make the configuration yourself.



Manual settings for Mail Configuration


You also have easy webmail access from this section. Go to the Manage Email Accounts section, click on the Actions menu for the corresponding email account > Log in to Webmail.



How to log into an email account from Site Tools


The system will automatically log you in our custom webmail interface, which provides all essential features you need from a webmail client.



Webmail interface



IMPORTANT! If your website is built with SiteGround Website Builder, you need to login to your Email Tools from the Client Area > Websites > Email Tools and follow the same steps that are described in this article.

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