This article describes how to add, modify, and delete e-mail accounts in cPanel. You can define e-mail account storage quotas, change e-mail passwords, and more. E-mail accounts that you create are accessible by using webmail in your web browser, or by using your own e-mail client application (such as Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook).
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Note: You can set up an unlimited number of e-mail accounts for your web site. |
CREATING AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT
To create an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Email Accounts.
- In the Email text box, type the name of the account that you want.
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Note: Make sure you do not use mailman as an account name. The mailman name is reserved for cPanel's mailing list feature. |
3. In the Password text box, type the account password that you want.
4. In the Password (again) text box, retype the account password.
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Note: You can click Password Generator and cPanel generates a random, strong password for you. |
5. Under Mailbox Quota, either type the mailbox size in megabytes that you want, or click Unlimited.
6. Click Create Account.
MODIFYING AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT
To modify an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Email Accounts.
- Click the setting that you want to change for the account:
- To change the account's password, click Change Password.
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Note: For security reasons, you should occasionally change e-mail account passwords. You should always change an e-mail account password if you think an unauthorized user has accessed the account. When you change an e-mail account password, make sure that you also update the password in your e-mail client application (if you are using one). Otherwise, you will not be able to access the account. |
- To change the account's quota, click Change Quota.
- To access the account's webmail, click More, and then click Access Webmail.
- To view client configuration information for the account, click More, and then click Configure Email Client. Configuration information for the account is listed under Manual Settings.
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Note: Inspedium Hosting does not recommend using the auto-configuration scripts. Instead, set up your e-mail client manually. |
DELETING AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT
You can delete an e-mail account when you no longer need it. However, you cannot delete your default e-mail account.
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Note: Deleting an e-mail account deletes all e-mail currently in the account, including new messages, sent messages, and so on. Make sure that you download any e-mail that you want to retain before you delete an account. After you delete an account, the information is unrecoverable. |
To delete an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Email Accounts.
- Locate the e-mail account that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
- Click Delete to confirm.
