Domain name to email address

[callmedave]

I've purchased my domain name, and I'm currently using a "[e-mail]" addres.How do I now set up a "sales@businessname" email? I have outlook, but use hotmail in a browser to access emails.

[Martin4x4]

You will need a service provider unless you choose to host the mail server yourself.

I've used Xilo for years and their SH1 package will be more than adequate.

https://www.xilo.net/shared_web_hosting/

[Mr Pointy]

Gmail is another option. You can use your own domain.

https://www.google.com/work/apps/business/index.ht...

[acd80]

www.1and1.co.uk are very good. I've used them for my own personal domain since 2007 and think I've had only one outage of about an hour in that entire time.

I pay about £25 a year and get 5 email addresses with a limit of 2gb for each. It uses IMAP so you can use it with more or less any mail client. I'm using it with Thunderbird on my iMac and MacBook and using the standard iOS mail client on my iPad and iPhone. I've used it with Android as well and have had no issues.

[Happy Jim]

I've done exactly this, or more accuratly I had a clever friend do it for me 😃

Domain purchased through 1&1, MX record pointed towards a hotmail account. I use otlook on my home PC and access via the web via hotmail signon page (login as [e-mail])

All free (domain cost £25 for 10 years) to do.

I'll see if I made any notes as it is a bit black magic!!

Jim

[TurricanII]

+1 for GMail or Microsoft Exchange Online (Plan 1) - gives you a 50Gb mailbox with calendar and contacts synchronised to all your phones/Outlook/tablets. Much more robust than IMAP or POP3. One mailbox is £30 per annum including VAT.