Using HTML in Webmail

Overview

Webmail supports HTML in your messages: you can compose HTML emails, create an HTML signature, and add hyperlinks. This article shows you how to enable HTML composing, create a signature, and insert hyperlinks in Webmail.

How do I use HTML?

The following sections show you how to use HTML to enable/create a signature and use hyperlinks in a message.

How do I enable an HTML signature?

Plain text emails are enabled by default, so if your signature uses HTML (links, images, and/or formatting), you also need to turn on HTML when composing emails.

To enable this feature in webmail, click Settings > Preferences > Composing Messages, and then select always within the Compose HTML messages dropdown menu.

How do I create a signature?

To create a signature:

1. Click Settings in the left pane.
2. From the list, choose Identities.
3. From the list, click your email address.
4. Add your signature in the window that opens.
5. Click Save.

How do I add a hyperlink to a message?

Hyperlinks can be added from the Compose page. To add a hyperlink:

1. Create a new email message.
2. Click the Insert/edit link icon at the top of the message window.
3. Input the URL you wish to link to, along with the text you want the link to display.
4. When finished, click the Save button to save your link.

FAQs

Can I remove the DreamHost logo from webmail?

Can I use HTML to embed an image?

See also

• Webmail overview
• Managing email in webmail
• Webmail contacts