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).
Creating an e-mail account
To create an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- Log in to cPanel
- Open the Email Accounts tool:
- If you are using the Jupiter theme, on the Tools page, in the Email section, click Email Accounts:
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If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the EMAIL section of the cPanel home page, click Email Accounts:
- Click Create.
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From the Domain menu, select the domain where you want to create the e-mail account.
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Enter a new email address in the Username text box.
You cannot use cpanel as an account name when you create an e-mail account. -
Select one of the following options for the password:
- Select Set password now, and then type a password in the Password text box.
You can clickand cPanel generates a random, strong password for you.
- Alternatively, select Send login link to alternate email address, and cPanel sends a message with login information to the specified e-mail address.
- Select Set password now, and then type a password in the Password text box.
- Next to Optional Settings, click Edit Settings.
- In the Storage Space section, enter a custom mailbox quota storage size, or select Unlimited.
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To automatically create folders for plus addressing, select Automatically Create Folders.
Plus addressing (also known as subaddressing) enables users to organize incoming mail by using the plus sign (+). For more information, please visit https://blog.cpanel.com/plus-addressing-in-cpanel. -
To send a message with client configuration instructions to the account, select the Send a welcome email with instructions to set up a mail client check box.
If you selected an alternate e-mail address in step 5, cPanel sends instructions there. Alternatively, users can access the welcome message through Webmail. - Select Stay on this page after I click Create to create another email account after you create this one. Alternatively, click Create to create the account and return to the Email Accounts page.