Setting up Professional and Business Email

Setting up your hosting.com Professional or Business email is easy, and we'll walk you through each step -- from setting up your user to configuring your devices.

Creating a new user in your account

First, create a new user in your account. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.

  2. In the left sidebar, under Products & Services, click Email & Office Tools:

  3. On the Email & Office Tools page, locate your email account, and then click Admin Login:

  4. The administration interface appears in a new tab. On the top menu bar, click More, and then click Domain Settings.

  5. In the Users section, click New.

  6. Complete the fields, and then click Save.

Setting up your device

Now that your email address and password is set up, here's how to add your new email account to your device:

Pro tip: If your email app (like Outlook) has automatic settings, try those first. It’s usually an easy way to get started. But if you’d rather configure it yourself, use the following settings.

Setting

More information

Example

Username

Enter your email address

[email protected]
(Replace example.com with your own domain name.)

Password

Enter the password you made when setting your email account. Keep it safe!



Incoming Mail Server

The IMAP server for Professional/Business is mx4125.usc1.mymailhosting.com

Professional/Business POP/IMAP:
mx4125.usc1.mymailhosting.com

Incoming Server Port

No need to change anything! Our email servers use all the default incoming server port numbers.

  • POP:* 995
  • IMAP:* 993

Outgoing Mail Server

The SMTP server for Professional/Business is mx4125.usc1.mymailhosting.com

Professional/Business SMTP:
mx4125.usc1.mymailhosting.com

Outgoing Server Port

No need to change anything! Most Internet Service Providers (ISP) block port 25 for their own outgoing emails.

  • Professional/Business:* 465 (SSL)