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The SiteGround web hosting services are unique, because we not only host your website, but grant you the means for creating and managing your web projects. This is why starting your website with SiteGround and achievieng your goals is very easy!

Email Account

How to create an email account for my domain name?


In this section you will learn about:


How to create an email account?

Creating an email account at your domain name is very easy with the control panel (cPanel) of your SiteGround hosting account. Just click the [Email Accounts] icon in your cPanel and follow the instructions.

cPanel Email Accounts

Add Email Account

You can read more about how to create an email account in our detailed Getting started guide.


How to check your emails?

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

  • Web - based email clients

    To access the web-based email clients you need to be logged into your Customer Area. Once you login, you can choose between two web-based email clients: Horde - one of the most functional web-based email clients, and SqurrelMail - its user interface is similar to Yahoo! Mail.

    Manage Email Accounts

    Webmail link

    More about web-based email clients here.

  • Local email clients

    Some of the most popular local email clients are Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. They are very easy to be configured. You have to simply follow the steps about how to use local email clients here.


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