How can I let people sign up an email address off my website.

Question

I know I can make them, but is there a way to allow people to sign up without me personally making the address (ie signing up to Yahoo mail, but @mydomainname.com

Answer 1

I don't think you can automate that process if you are getting web hosting from another company (such as Godaddy and Hostmonster). You must manually set the addresses up in the host control panel and they have limits on how many you are allowed to have.

There is a way to do it if you are running you're own server, but it is complicated and requires modifying the DNS settings and installing software on the server. It's just too complicated to automate in your own (hence, that is why most people use existing ones such as yahoo, gmail, or their ISP's email service).