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Working with Email Accounts on Virtual Hosts


 
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Adding accounts to a virtual host is no different than adding accounts to your primary domain; simply create a new email user using the VDS Manager or the Customer Manager. The email addresses that you create will be automatically applied to each of your virtual host domains; so, if you create a new email user with the username “john”, you can tell people to email you at or . The mail will be delivered to the same mail box. When sending mail, simply insure that the email address listed in your email program matches the virtual host address that you wish to send from.

It is important to note that you cannot use the same email username for two virtual hosts with the expectation that the mail will be delivered to two seperate users. For example, mail for cannot be directed to a different destination as .

Please contact OpenSourceHost Customer Support if you have any questions about using email with your virtual hosts.