One of the many perks of HostMonster hosting is the Hostmonster Email features. With HostMonster you get unlimited custom email accounts. In this guide we will answer some important questions related to HostMonster Email Accounts.
- How to Use HostMonster Webmail
1. Type http://yourdomain.com/webmail in your browser of choice.
2. Type in your email address as the username and then the password associated with your email address.
3. Choose the webmail client of your choice.
- How to install RoundCube Webmail
1. Login to cPanel
2. Find the Software/Services section
3. Click Simple Scripts
4. Select RoundCube
5. Follow the steps to install it.
*If you get an error or have problems installing it through Simple Scripts, you can follow this Help Desk article:
http://helpdesk.hostmonster.com/kb/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&root=48&id=374
If you prefer to manually install Roundcube, please follow these steps below:
Step 1: Download Roundcube from their website at http://roundcube.net.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded file onto your computer using a .tar.gz extraction program such as WinRar or WinZip
Step 3: Login to your Hostmonster account and click on ‘MySQL Databases’, then create a database name of your choice. example: myroundcube Note: it will add your hostmonster account username and underscore to the front of the database name you create. So the database name will look like username_myroundcube (write down what it’s named as we will need it later).
Step 4: Create a username and password under the Users section of mysql Example: myuser Note: The username will also add your hostmonster account username in front o the username you create so it will look like username_myuser but your password will be exactly what you typed. Write down what they are we will need them later.
Step 5: In the mysql section there are two drop down boxes under databases select the database you created (username_myroundcube) and then the username you created (username_myuser) and then click the button under them that says Add User to DB
Step 6: At the bottom of the mysql section there will be a link to PHPMYADMIN. Click on it.
Step 7: On the left select the database you created (username_myroundcube) in the drop down menu.
Step 8: Click on the IMPORT(SQL) tab in the middle top area of the screen.
Step 9: Click the Browse button and browse to the folder we extracted all the files to and go into the SQL folder and click on the file mysql.initial.sql and click open. Then click the GO Button and this will setup the database for Roundcube. Then close out of the browser.
Step 10: Locate the folder you just extracted and then go into the folder called config.
Step 11: Locate file db.inc.php.dist and rename it to db.inc.php
Step 12: Locate file main.inc.php.dist and rename it to main.inc.php
Step 13: Click ‘Start’ in your computer, then ‘run’ and type in wordpad.exe. WordPad will open.
Step 14: Click File then open and browse to the db.inc.php file Click File then open and browse to the main.inc.php file (Note: when you browse to open the file you may need to set Files of type to All Documents):
Step 15: locate the line:
$rcmail_config['db_dsnw'] = ‘mysql://roundcube:pass@localhost/roundcubemail’;
We will edit this line to put in our database info.
Where it says roundcube:pass You will put in your database username and password there but keep the colon example: username_myuser:password
Where it says roundcubemail you will fill in your database name there. example username_myroundcube
So it should end up looking something like this but with your info:
$rcmail_config['db_dsnw'] = ‘mysql://username_myuser:password@localhost/username_myroundcube’;
Step 16: Click Save and Close wordpad.
Step 17: Click ’start’ then ‘run’ and type in wordpad.exe. WordPad will open again.
Step 18: Click File then open and browse to the main.inc.php file Click File then open and browse to the main.inc.php file (Note: when you browse to open the file you may need to set Files of type to All Documents):
Find this line:
$rcmail_config['enable_caching'] = TRUE;
And change the word TRUE; to FALSE;
Find this line:
$rcmail_config['default_host'] = ”;
Between the two single quotations type localhost
Step 19: Click Save and Close wordpad.
Step 20: FTP all of the extracted individual files to the folder on your site where you want to install roundcube. Example (folder named: email)
You’re done now just browse to your website to where you installed it (example: http://www.yoursite.com/email) and log in with your full email address and password!
Other questions regarding email accounts can be answered on the HostMonster Email Forum
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