{"id":3568,"date":"2015-05-22T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2015\/05\/22\/create-email\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:38:40","slug":"create-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/create-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an email in SquirrelMail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">SquirrelMail is no longer included in cPanel by default. It reached its end of life in 2013. InMotion Hosting has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/disable-squirrelmail-in-whm\/\">disabled SquirrelMail<\/a>\u00a0from Webmail but you can still\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/how-to-install-squirrelmail-with-softaculous\/\">install and use<\/a>\u00a0it for managing email if needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h95NJ4FzPX4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/center>\u00a0\n<p>Once you have logged into SquirrelMail for the first time, you will be ready to create your first email message. Below are instructions for creating an email using the SquirrelMail interface.<\/p>\n<h2>Creating an email<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Log into your SquirrelMail interface.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/1-click-compose.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/1-click-compose.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>From your interface, click on the <strong>Compose<\/strong> link from the top menu.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/2-fill-in-fields.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/2-fill-in-fields.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Now a blank email form will appear. Fill in the different fields as necessary to create your email. The <em>To<\/em>, <em>Subject<\/em>, and <em>Body<\/em> fields are required for a proper email.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/3-click-send.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/3-click-send.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Once complete, click on the <strong>Send<\/strong> button to send your email.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/4-success.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/email\/squirrelmail\/create-email\/4-success.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Now that you have sent your email, you should return to your Inbox area and see a message at the top saying the message was sent.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SquirrelMail is no longer included in cPanel by default. 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InMotion Hosting has\u00a0disabled SquirrelMail\u00a0from Webmail but you can still\u00a0install and use\u00a0it for managing email if needed. \u00a0 \u00a0 Once you have logged into SquirrelMail for the first time, you will be ready to create your first email message.<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/create-email\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to create an email in SquirrelMail | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking to learn how to create your first email in SquirrelMail? 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