4. Create an email account
With a hosted site comes the opportunity to create email accounts for any of the hosted domains.
A noreply email account on the domain is needed for sending notifications, but other accounts can be added rather than using third-party ones that may be scanned by their providers.
Steps△
This procedure is intended to be performed by: Site owner.
To create an email account:
if not already.
2Open the Email Accounts page
by clicking the Email Accounts link in the Email section.
3Initiate the creation
by clicking on the +Create button.
4Expand the Optional Settings section
by clicking on its Edit Settings button.
5Specify required information
| # | Field | Action | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | Domain | Select the domain to use for the email account | mydomain.com |
| b | Username | Type in name of the email account. Use noreply for the noreply account for a Smallsite Domain site | noreply |
| c | Password | Type in a long password. See Remembering for a suggestion | something-long-but-obscure |
| d | Storage Space | Type in the size and select the units. Suggestions: - 500MB for busy account with attachements. - 10MB for noreply account that is not used to send emails. - 100MB for noreply account used to send emails | 100MB |
| e | Automatically Create … | Not recommended. Select the Do Not Automatically Create Folders option. See Subaddressing | Do not … |
6Create the account
by clicking the +Create button.
The Email Accounts page is displayed again with the new email address added to the list.
7Optionally, Create a forwarder
to use as an alias for the account. As many as required.
8Optionally, Add account to email client
for each device to be used to access the account.