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Adding an Automatic Response to Incoming Mail
Auto-Responders are a useful email feature that allow you to automatically send a message back to someone who sent you an email. This message is often used to let the sender know you are on vacation, or to confirm that you have received their message. Before you can enable the...

Forwarding an Existing Mailbox to Another Address
Using email forwarding, it is possible for an individual email user to forward all of their email to another email account. This is useful for forwarding email messages to a personal address when on vacation. Log in to your user manager at http://yoursitedomain.com/users/. When prompted for a username and password, enter the username and password for your email account. Do not include the @ sign or the domain name in the username field. Click the Auto Forwarder link on the left Click...

Forwarding Misdirected Mail with a Catch-All Alias
A catch-all email alias is used to capture any emails that are sent to email addresses that are not specifically created on your account. This is useful for receiving email that is sent to misspelled usernames@yoursitedomain.com If you plan on using a catch-all, keep in mind that this email address will...

Creating a New Email Alias
In some situations, it is convenient to setup an email address that is nothing more than an alias to another email account. For example, you have the email address yourname@yoursitedomain.com, and also want to receive emails sent to info@yoursitedomain.com without setting up a completely new email account. In...

Sending Email to Multiple Users with Distribution Lists
You can send one email to a group of recipients by setting up a Distribution List. A useful example of this would be setting up a distribution list, "staff@yoursitedomain.com", to automatically forward messages to everyone in your company. Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.opensourcehost.com. Click the Aliases link on the left Click...

Creating Email Accounts
All of OpenSourceHost's hosting accounts offer the ability to set up email addresses @yoursitedomain.com; the first step is to decide on an email address and configure it in your hosting account. Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.opensourcehost.com. Click on Accounts on the left side of the screen. Click on ...

Using the Individual Email Control Panel
Each OpenSourceHost email user has their own Email Control Panel. This area allows you to manage your email account from any browser, without having to login to the VDS Manager. Log in to your user manager at http://yoursitedomain.com/users/. When prompted for a username and password, enter the username and password for your email account. Do not include the @ sign or the domain name in the username field. The Email Control Panel has mutliple links on the left side of the screen: Contacts - Displays the Contact information...