How to Set Up Email Hosting Services

Want to create an email using your domain to send and receive? At Porkbun, setting up hosted email services is easy!

Setting Up Email Hosting Services at Porkbun

Check out to watch a video about getting an email address for your domain.

1
Log in. This should take you to the Domain Management screen. If you're already logged in, click on ACCOUNT in the top right, and select Domain Management.

2
Open up your Porkbun email settings from the Domain Management page by clicking on the envelope icon next to the domain for which you would like to set up email hosting service.


3
All newly-registered domains at Porkbun come with a 15-day free trial of email hosting service. To activate your free hosted email trial, click the "Configure" button next to "Free Trial" in the Pending Setup section under Option 1: Email Hosting. 

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Alternatively, if you have already purchased your hosted email inbox, you can select the "Configure" button next to "Standard Email."

set up email hosting at Porkbun

You may use the "Add Email Account" button at the bottom to add email accounts. Hosted email inboxes cost $24 per year. The free trial will auto-renew for $24 upon its expiration date.

add hosted email account at Porkbun

4
After clicking the "Configure" button, on the next menu type in the email address you’d like for your domain, then a password for that email address. Click "Create Email Address" to add the account.

⚠️️  Hint

The password you create for your email address is separate from the password you use to log in to your Porkbun account itself. If you ever lose track of the password for your hosted email, follow this guide to reset it.

That's it! You can now access this using our webmail interface on your account by clicking the envelope icon and then the "webmail" button as shown below or by visiting: webmail.porkbun.com.

You can also set up an email address in Gmail, Outlook, or other clients to send and receive emails with your new address.

The following settings can be used to configure most email clients. Be sure to use your entire email address as your username while configuring your email client:

Service Hostname Port Security
SMTP smtp.porkbun.com 587 TLS (STARTTLS)
IMAP imap.porkbun.com 993 SSL (SSL/TLS)
POP pop.porkbun.com 995 SSL (SSL/TLS)

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