Create Email

A digital mailbox, also known as e-mail, is an absolute must these days. Many communications from businesses and governments today are almost all through e-mail or some other digital service. This allows for much faster and easier communication than traditional mail that must be physically sent and sometimes takes days to arrive.

To use an e-mail address on your PC, tablet or smartphone, you always have to create one first. By creating an email address, you ensure that your digital mailbox is active and can be used by other people to send emails to.

Create your own e-mail address

You can create an e-mail address with different providers, often with the choice between a free e-mail address or a paid e-mail address.

What is the difference between free and paid email addresses?

I understand that if you can choose between a free email address or a paid email address, the choice is often quickly made. Therefore, it is good to compare the advantages and disadvantages of free and paid email in order to make a good choice.

Advantages of free email

• Completely free
• Create unlimited accounts
• Quick to create
• Often built in as a standard app on every PC/tablet/smartphone

Disadvantages free email

• You don’t know where your data is
• You have limited GB storage
• You often have an email send limit
• Privacy is not guaranteed

Advantages of paid email

• You know where your data is
• You have much more space
• Many extras, such as calendar and backups
• Easier to set up
• Support in case something does not work properly

Disadvantages paid email

• It costs a small amount per year
• Takes a little more time to create

Free email providers

There are several free email providers, some that we see a lot come by we have listed below for you:

• Gmail.com
• Outlook.com
• Hotmail.com
• Yahoo.com
• Zoho.com
• Apple icloud
• Tutanota
• AOL Mail
• GMX

Paid email providers

• TransIP.co.uk
• Vimexx.co.uk
• Hostnet.com
• Yourhosting.nl
• Versio.co.uk
• Argeweb.nl
• Mijndomein.nl
• Ovh.com
• Combell.com
• One.com
• Antagonist.com

Email creation in DirectAdmin

First, we start by logging into the DirectAdmin environment so that you can access the administration area of your web hosting / email hosting package.

** Email creation steps in DirectAdmin**

1. Once logged in, click on the “Email accounts” heading in DirectAdmin.

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2. Then once you have clicked on “Email accounts, you will see a new page where the existing email accounts are listed, but where you will also see a link called “create mail account” at the top left. Click this to create a new e-mail account.

3. You will now see a new page. Here you can enter a username. The username is the part of your e-mail address before the @ sign. Next you can choose a password and, if you wish, a storage or send quota. I recommend just leaving these on default.

4. Once you have entered everything and pressed “create”, your e-mail address will then be created and you can set it up in your e-mail program or, for example, use the webmail .

Mailing with your own domain name

Once you have created your own e-mail address, you can set it up on your PC, tablet or smartphone. We have explained this in a comprehensive manual, with which you can easily set up your own e-mail on your device in a few steps: E-mail settings for IMAP - POP3 - SMTP

Once you have everything set up properly on your device, then you can email anywhere in the world using your own domain name. So with every e-mail you send, you advertise your own domain name, since the recipient will see it behind the @ part of your e-mail address!