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Date Revised: 07/15/2007

Managing Your HughesNet Email Accounts (Creating & Deleting Accounts and Changing Passwords)

Introduction:

This article will help you manage you email account with the following functions:

Quick Links:

• How to Add an Email Account
• How to Delete an Email Account
• How to Change an Email Account Password

Procedure/Solution:

To Add an Email Account:

1. In your browser, click https://www.myhughesnet.com/acapulco/secure/login.jsp.
2. Type your User Name.
3. Type your Password.
4. Click Login.
   
5. Click the box alongside Email Accounts.
6. Click Manage Emails.
   
7. Fill in the following fields:
   • Email ID
     Note: This plus hughes.net will be the new email address. For example, if jsmith is the new account, the new email address will be jsmith@hughes.net
   • Password
   • Re-type Password
   • Note: For ID and password rules, reference click here
8. Click Create E-mail Account. The new email account is created and a confirmation page displays.
   

To Delete an Email Account:

1. In your browser, click https://www.myhughesnet.com/acapulco/secure/login.jsp.
2. Type your User Name.
3. Type your Password.
4. Click Login.
   
5. Click the box alongside Email Accounts.
6. Click Manage E-mails.
   
7. To the right of the account to be deleted (listed under E-Mail Account Name), click Delete.
   
8. To confirm deletion of the email account, click Confirm. A confirmation message displays, indicating that the email account has been deleted.
   

To Change an Email Account Password:

1. In your browser, click https://www.myhughesnet.com/acapulco/secure/login.jsp.
2. Type your User Name.
3. Type your Password.
4. Click Login.
   
5. Click the box alongside Email Accounts.
6. Click Manage E-mails.
   
7. To the right of the applicable account, click Change Password.
   
8. Enter the New Password.
9. Re-Enter New Password.
   Note: For additional information on ID and password rules, click ID and password rules.
10. Click Change Password. A confirmation message will appear indicating that the email account password has been changed.
    Note: The process to update the password can take several minutes.