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Email related problems


If you cannot send/receive emails from certain email addresse(s), or at all, or you have any questions regarding your email, you need to access the Email related problems category in the Help Desk.


In this section you will find answers of the following questions:


How to access the "Email related problems" category?

To access the Email related problems category you first need to access the Help Desk. From the Help Desk home continue to the Email related problems link located in the Service Related Problems table.

Email related Problems


How to report a problem at the "Email related problems" category?

Once you open the Email related problems category we advise you to have a look at the Find Quick Answers section. There, you will find the most frequently asked questions, related to the topic and this is the fastest way to find a solution to the problem you experience. Also, with the search feature we recently included into our Help Desk you will be able to search for an answer of your question in our Knowledge Base and Tutorials section.

If you cannot find a solution to your problem in the Find Quick Answers section you would need to report it to our technical support. To do this please click the If your email is not working, please click here to report your problem link located at the top of the page.

Find Quick Answers

To report a problem at this section, you will need to complete the four steps given on the next page. To continue, press the Proceed with Email Down Report button.

Find Quick Answers

Step 1: You will be taken to a page where more information about your website is required. Please fill in all the required fields and continue with the Proceed with Email Down Report button.

Find Quick Answers

Note: If you cannot retrieve your email password, you can easily change it. Learn how to change your email password here.

Step 2: You will initiate an automatic server-side check for the most common server related issues that can cause an email related problem. To continue to the next step press the Proceed with Email Down Report button.

If you would like to review the results from the check, please press the Show Results button. Once this check is completed, the results from it will be automatically sent to our Tech Team. They will help them resolve your problem easily.

Email Report

Step 3: Next step is to generate a client-side check about your connection to our server. For your convenience we have prepared an automatic check run with the help of a Java Applet. If you do not have Java Runtime Environment installed on your computer you will be able to quickly download it for free on the next screen.

Once this check is completed, the results from it will be automatically sent to our Tech Team. They will help them resolve your problem easily.

Email Report

To continue, press Proceed with Email Down Report button.

On the next page you will be given the opportunity to provide our Technical Support with suggestions/comments on the problem with your website. The space for adding comments or any other information to the Tech Team while posting the ticket is limited to 500 characters. That is because we have already gathered enough information for your problem while you were generating the report. To send the ticket to our Tech Team, please press the Post Ticket button.

Post Ticket

If you need to add a longer comment please post the ticket as it is and then reopen it. (How to reopen a ticket?)


Important notes

Please make sure you accept the security certificate, whenever you are asked for it. If you do not accept the security certificate, the automatic checks would not be generated and we would not be able to fully investigate the problem with your email.


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