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Using Webmail

  • Applies to: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (gs)

  • Difficulty: Easy

  • Time needed: 10 minutes

  • Tools needed: None

 
  • Applies to: (gs)
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Time Needed: 10
    • Tools Required: Email account
  • Applies to: (dv) 4.0
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Time Needed: 10
    • Tools Required: Email account
  • Applies to: (dv) 3.x
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Time Needed: 10
    • Tools Required: Email account

Introduction

Your (gs) Grid-Service comes with webmail access for all domains that are hosting your email. This is a convenient tool when travelling or to troubleshoot an error with your favourite mail program.

Access webmail

The easy to remember link is: http://example.com/webmail. Be sure to replace example.com with your domain.

You will need to use your full email address to login. For information and instructions on creating an email account, please see: Creating a POP/IMAP email account.

More information

Access webmail

You can access webmail from Plesk or directly from your browser.

The URL for webmail on our (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Servers is http://webmail.example.com.

The default webmail application for (dv) 4.0 is AtMail.

The default webmail application for (dv) 3.5 is Horde Mail.

From Plesk

  1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from this article to access the list of your email users.
  2. Click on the webmail icon next to your email address. See Figure 1:


    Figure 1. Click on the world-and-envelope icon.

  3. Your webmail will open in a new window. Enter your username and password, then click Login. See Figure 2:


    Figure 2. Enter your username and password, then click Login.

  4. You will be directed to your inbox. See Figure 3:


    Figure 3.

By URL in your browser

  1. Visit http://webmail.example.com/ in your browser, where example.com is the domain name associated with the email address.
  2. Enter your username (your email address) and your password, then click Login. You will be directed to your inbox. See Figure 3 above for a view of your inbox.

Change your webmail client

You may choose which webmail client to use. Here's how:

  1. Log into the Plesk Control Panel for your domain. See Figure 4:


    Figure 4: The Plesk Control Panel. Click for a larger view.

  2. Click the Mail tab.
  3. Click the Change Settings icon, see Figure 5:

    DV4 mail-changesettings-01.jpg
    Figure 5. Click for a larger view.

  4. Under Settings, select the webmail client of your choice from the drop-down menu. See Figure 6.

    DV4 mail-webmailsettings.jpg
    Figure 6. Select your webmail client and click "OK" to save.

  5. Click the OK button to save your choice.

 

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