Step 4

Now that you have your own domain name, you might want to set up an email address for that domain. For example, if your domain name is whatever.com you might like an email address such as john@whatever.com.

In your DreamHost Control Panel, go to the Email page and you'll see a screen like this:

This particular screen shows some of the domain names that I have registered with DreamHost. At this point, I have no email addresses set up for the domain howtostartawebsite-forbeginners.com.

Click "Create New Email Address".

Email Address: If you want to create john@whatever.com, then you'd enter john in this box. If you have more than one domain name, select the domain you want to use in the box directly to the right.

Mailbox "Name": Type your full name, such as John Brown, or the name of your company/website, such as John Brown's Teddy Bears.

Pick a password for me: If you want DreamHost to generate a password for you, click this box. If you want to choose your own password, leave this box empty.

Password: If you're choosing your own password, type it in here.

Leave the rest of this screen as it is and scroll down.

You can pretty much leave all of this exactly how it already is, unless you personally want to adjust something.

When you're finished, click "Create Address".

If everything was successful with the creation of your new email address, you'll see a screen like this:

You can use your new email address in any email program like Outlook or Outlook Express.

I will take you through the process of setting up your email address in Outlook. You can also get a ton of extra information on how to use other email programs in DreamHost's support Wiki.

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