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Most of our web hosting clients don’t use their domain names as their email. They still use their Gmail or Yahoo! Mail accounts. Here is a step by step instructions on how to create email addresses in yourdomain.com. There are 2 major steps:

1. Set up mail forwarding to Gmail or Yahoo! Mail
2. Add your email account in your Gmail or Yahoo! Mail

Setting up the mail forwarding

1. Login to www.yourdomain.com/cpanel
2. Enter your User Name and Password
3. Click the Mail icon
4. Click the Forwarders link inside the Mail Manager Main Menu.
5. Click Add Forwarder link at the bottom of the Forwarding Maintenance
6. Add a new forwarder
   1. enter your desired email address
   2. select your domain or subdomain
   3. enter your Gmail or your Yahoo! Mail where the emails be forwarded too
      
7. Click Add Forwarder button
8. Voila! You’re done with step 1.

Note: You need to have your own domain and hosting to set up mail forwarding.

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• Related article: Why do we prefer mail forwarding to Gmail or Yahoo! Mail

Adding your email account - Gmail

1. Log on to www.gmail.com
2. Enter your Username and Password
3. Click Settings (on the upper right area of the screen)
4. Click Accounts tab
5. Click Add another email address
6. Enter the information of your another email address
   1. Name. Your name and email address will be shown on mail you send
   2. Email (youremail@yourdomain.com)
7. Click Send Verification to verify your email address
8. Get the confirmation code from the verification email in your inbox
9. Enter the confirmation code and click Verify.
10. Start using your Gmail to send emails from youremail@yourdomain.com
    1. Click Compose Mail
    2. Select youremail@yourdomain.com from the “From:” pulldown menu

Don’t have a Google mail Account? Sign up now!

Adding your email account - Yahoo! Mail

1. Log on to mail.yahoo.com
2. Enter your Yahoo! ID and Password
3. Click Options (upper right area of the screen)
4. Click Mail Addresses under Management
5. Click Add button under Mail Accounts
6. Enter your desired Account Name and press Continue
7. Enter your email address
   1. Name. This name will appear in the From line of mail sent from this account.
   2. Email (youremail@yourdomain.com)
   3. Press Continue
8. Press Skip this Step under Setup Mail Server
9. Press Send Verification to Verify Account
10. Get the confirmation code from the verification email in your inbox
11. Enter the confirmation code and click Verify Account.
12. You will be asked to verify your password. Enter your Yahoo! Mail password.
13. Start using your Yahoo! Mail to send emails from youremail@yourdomain.com
    1. Press Compose button
    2. Select youremail@yourdomain.com from the “From:” pulldown menu

Don’t have a Yahoo! Mail account? Sign up now!

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