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How to check my email?


There are two basic ways for checking your email hosted by SiteGround. You can either use one of the web-based email clients provided with your hosting account or a local email client like Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.


In this section you will find answers of the following questions:


How to access web-based email clients?

To access the web-based email clients you need to be logged into your Customer Area. From the Customer Area index proceed to the My Account Section.

SiteGround Web hosting: Manage Accounts

Continue with the Manage button in the Manage column of the account table.

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Click on the Go button next to Manage email accounts:

Manage Email - Go Button

Click on the link for accessing your WebMail:

Webmail


Overview of web-base email clients

Once you login, you can choose between two web-based email clients:

  1. Horde - one of the most functional web-based email clients
  2. SqurrelMail - its user interface is similar to Yahoo! Mail

Webmail

Note: To login securely to the web e-mail interface, use https://yourdomain.com:2096/. Please note that it is possible that your Internet Service Provider is blocking port 2096. In case you cannot reach that address, please use http://yourdomain.com:2095/


How to use local email clients like Outlook, Thunderbird?

Configuring an email client is very easy and straightforward process. You just need to follow the instructions displayed during the process and use the settings below:

Incoming mail server (POP3 server): mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): mail.yourdomain.com
Username: Please use the full e-mail account name.
Example: you@yourdomain.com instead of you
Password: **********

If you have never used an email client, we strongly advise you to take a look at our detailed step-by-step tutorials of the most commonly used local email clients:


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