Hover mail setup
Hover is a domain registrar and web hosting company that offers a range of services, including email hosting. Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up email hosting with Hover:
Prerequisites:
- You have a Hover account and have registered a domain name with them.
- You have a Hover email plan (e.g., Hover Mail) that includes email hosting.
Step 1: Access Your Hover Account
- Log in to your Hover account using your email address and password.
- Click on the "Mail" tab from the top navigation menu.
Step 2: Create a New Email Address
- Click on the "Create a new email address" button.
- Enter the email address you want to create (e.g., [yourname]@yourdomain.com).
- Choose the email plan you want to use (e.g., Hover Mail).
- Click "Create" to create the new email address.
Step 3: Set Up Your Email Client
- You can set up your email client (e.g., Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird) to access your Hover email account.
- You'll need to configure your email client with the following settings:
- Server: mail.hover.com
- Port: 587 (or 25 for SSL/TLS)
- Username: your email address (e.g., [yourname]@yourdomain.com)
- Password: your email password
- Authentication: Use the same settings as your email address (e.g., username and password)
Step 4: Set Up Forwarding (Optional)
- If you want to forward emails from your Hover email account to another email address, you can set up forwarding.
- Click on the "Forwarding" tab from the top navigation menu.
- Enter the email address you want to forward emails to.
- Choose the forwarding option (e.g., forward all emails, forward emails from specific senders).
Step 5: Set Up Spam Filtering (Optional)
- If you want to set up spam filtering for your Hover email account, you can do so by clicking on the "Spam filtering" tab from the top navigation menu.
- Choose the spam filtering option (e.g., enable spam filtering, set up custom spam filtering rules).
Step 6: Verify Your Email Address
- To verify your email address, Hover will send a verification email to the email address you created.
- Open the verification email and click on the verification link to confirm your email address.
That's it! Your Hover email account is now set up and ready to use.