Setting up email through Plesk

How quickly can I create my POP3 email accounts?

After you have transfered your domain sucessfuly to your hosting providers servers it will take between 15 minutes and 24 hours to propagate around the world (may take upto 48 hours in same extreme instances). During the propagation period your newly transferred domain is being updated by the various Internet providers around the world.

Whilst waiting for your site to proporgate you can log in to your Plesk account through the log in details you received from your hosting provider and begin creating your POP3 accounts. Even though you may have setup your mail service, your new accounts will not be detected until your domain has been fully propegated. Mail servers sometimes take up to 24 hours longer than HTTP services. So even if your website’s domain name is visible on the web, your mail server may not be fully propegated.

Creating your POP3 email accounts?

1. Log in to your Plesk Control Panel using the details provided through email by your hosting provider
2. Click on your domain name.
3. Click the Mail icon
4. Click the Add New Mail Name icon
5. Enter the account name and password, then click the
   OK

How do I setup my POP3 email accounts in my Mail client such as Outlook?

Once you’ve created your POP3 account within Plesk, you can then set up the account in your preferred Mail Client, or you can read your Mail using the WebMail service provided by most hosting providers. To set up your account in a Mail client like Outlook, use the following settings:

1. usernameYour Username is the full email address, including the domain name, of the account you created. E.g. info@yourdomainname.com
2. passwordYour Password is the password you entered when you created the account in Plesk
3. Incoming Mail server (POP3)Your Incoming Mail server (POP3)is mail.domainname.com where domainname.com is your actual website domain name
4. Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)

Your Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) is the same as your ISP’s outgoing mail server. Use the same setting provided by your Internet service provider to avoid problems delivering email. Most Virus and SPAM conscious ISPs now require you to use their outgoing Mail server to help reduce the proliferation of viruses and eliminate SPAM.

Using WebMail to read and send email online

You must make sure WebMail is enabled within your Plesk Mail Preferences. To enable WebMail :

1. Log in to your Plesk Control Panel using the details provided in the receipt sent to you via email.
2. Click on your domain name.
3. Click the Mail icon
4. Click the Preferences icon
5. Ensure WebMail is checked, then click the
   OK

To send or read email using WebMail :

1. Log in to your Plesk Control Panel using the details provided in the receipt sent to you via email.
2. Click on your domain name.
3. Click the Mail icon
4. Click the icon and log in using the POP3 email account’s Username and Password.If you see a icon instead, you must enable WebMail

You have now created a seperate email administration panel within Plesk to enter it, visit the URL https://your-domain.com:8443 type the email address into the login box, and the password for that particular mail box in the password box and click login. You now are able to utilise your webmail.