Thinking about creating a new
email account but unsure where to start? We are here to help you with that.
Whether you need to create an entirely new account or just change your email
provider this article should provide some assistance with these situations.
Picking the right provider for your needs
Free email providers
In case you need just a basic
email service and want to create new email account Yahoo, Gmail, or
Outlook.com
will probably be your first choice. Aside from free inbox, these providers offer
reliable services and the main limitation is usually the size of your mailbox.
For Yahoo, it is 1000GB, for Gmail and Outlook.com it's significantly less - 15
GB, but it should be enough for basic email users.
Aside from these popular
providers, you can pick from the wide selection of email services like
ProtonMail,
GMX,
AOL, Zoho Mail and so on.
Paid email providers
The previously mentioned
email service providers also offer paid service in case you need a custom
domain, more storage, security, or extra support which their free versions do
not offer.
For most basic needs it may
be an overkill to pay for email service but if you’re advanced user or looking
for email hosting for your company, paid email service is the best way to go.
Temporary email addresses
If you need just one-time
email address there are various services offering temporary addresses that can
be used for the purposes where using your own email may expose you to spam or
you just don’t want to expose your address due to the privacy concerns. These
web-based email services work basically like email address generator, you will
get randomly generated email, you use it for the purposes you need it for and
then it’s disposed.
While such address is not
convenient for the services that you want to use repeatedly, for one-time login
it does it’s job perfectly. The most popular ones are
TempMail, Emailnator, or
Firefox Relay, a bit different service
with a few
benefits over temporary address generators and it can serve the same purpose.
Creating a new email address
You have received
recommendations or you got interested in the features of a specific email
provider.
It’s time to create a new
account and the process is very easy to complete so let’s get started.
Most providers use the
similar layout of their website so the only thing you need to do to start the
registration process is open the website of the email service provider you have
picked. Once you are there, look for the “Sign In” button and it should
redirect
you to the login page where you will get an option to create a new account.
The process might be even
easier with the providers who have Join/Sign Up/Create
Account button right on their webpage, although the labels may differ, this is
the button you are looking for. Once you click on it, the registration form will
appear and you will just need to follow on-screen instructions. To make this
process easier for you we have included account registration links in “Free
email Providers” section above.
Regardless of which email
provider you have chosen, you can now add your new account to eM Client, the
next part will be dedicated to showing you how to add it.
Adding your new email account to eM Client
If you are new to eM Client
and you have never launched it, the first thing you will see is the initial
setup window. First, you will be prompted to select the theme, then the account
setup will follow once you click on “Next”.
The automatic setup field
should work with most of the well-known email providers. For the manual setup,
click on the “Mail” tab, select your email provider and if your email
provider
isn’t listed there or you need to specify the settings that are different from
what the server’s autodiscover will provide, select “Other”. To configure
the
account via the “Other” option it’s important to have email settings like
the
server address, ports, and the email address itself. In most cases, you can find
these settings in your email provider’s FAQ. If you have already skipped this
window, navigate to eM Client Menu in the top left corner and select
“Accounts”.
In the scenario where you
have not added any accounts at all, eM Client will open the same email setup
dialog window. If however, you already added some accounts during the initial
setup you should see the “Accounts” window instead, that’s where the
“Add
account” button is located. Clicking on the “Add account” button
will also take
you to the account setup dialog window we mentioned earlier.
How to delete an email account?
If you want to delete email
account from eM Client, it is quite simple. Open Menu > Accounts, select
the
account you would like to delete and click on the “Remove” button in the
toolbar.
If you would like to
permanently delete email account from email service provider’s servers, the
steps will differ depending on the provider. Google/Gmail account can be deleted
at Google.com via account
management page. Yahoo account can be deleted here and to delete
Outlook.com account
can be deleted here.
The account deletion is often
permanent once confirmed so please decide carefully when deleting your accounts
and read through the deletion conditions to be sure that no other services
linked with the deleted account will be affected.