How do I set mail settings in opencart? (screenshot)

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How do I set these settings so all email order goes out correctly?
I should receive an order email, and customers should receive an order confirmation.
I would like to use my main business email: printdatlaf@gmail.com

site: http://printdat.x10.mx/ocart/
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Essentially, you can't do what you want to do using the Free Hosting servers; all outgoing mail has to come from a mail account that exists on your hosting account here as part of your domain, and it all has to go through x10Hosting's SMTP server and outbound spam filter. You are not allowed to use external SMTP (like Gmail, for instance). Sorry, but that's a fall-out from offering free hosting; as you may imagine, with nothing on the line and no real verification other than an email address, people are bound to try a lot of, um, antisocial things, and they wind up getting the Free Hosting servers blacklisted all over the place when they do (which takes everybody down). These rules and restrictions may be frustrating, but they're necessary. (There were a lot of problems in the past when things were a little looser.)

Please note that none of these sorts of restrictions are in place on the paid (Premium and VPS) servers. The cost, little though it is, and the payment trail it provides, dissuades a lot of bad actors. Maybe one day humanity will grow up.
 

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Thank's for the info essellar.

I found I was getting order confirmations on the customer side but no order alert on the admin email side.

For anyone who has the same problem, this is how I fixed it:

1. Go to cPanel in your x10 hosting account.
2. At the top under mail click "email accounts" to set up an account with.
3. Open opencart admin area > System > Settings > Edit > Mail

Mail Protocol: Mail
Mail Parameters: "The email you created in cPanel"
New Order Alert Mail: Yes
Additional Alert E-Mails: "The email address you want your order alerts to come in at."
 
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