cPanel – Creating Email Accounts

cPanel enables users to create or manage their Email Accounts through the Email Accounts page. This article explains the steps to create and Manage Email Accounts.

Step 1. Log in to your cPanel account.

Step 2. Click on the Email Accounts link; which is usually under the MAIL group. cPanel will display the Email Accounts page to create or manage Email Accounts.

Step 3. From Email Accounts page:

• Provide email id in Email: field. cPanel automatically appends with your domain name.
• Provide a password in the Password: field.
• Re-enter the same password in Password (again): field. The password you entered in the Password: field should match with the password you entered in this field. Otherwise, cPanel will show an error message.
• Once you enter the password; cPanel will display the strength of the password in the Strength: field. It is easy to trap weak passwords; So, it is always recommended to provide Strong or Very Strong passwords.
• If you want to generate a password for yourself; click on the Password Generator button.
• Provide the mailbox size in Mailbox Quota: field.
  • If you want to keep unlimited mailbox size; select the Unlimited option button.

Step 4. Once you made the necessary changes; click on Create Account button to create an Email Account.

If everything is fine, cPanel will create an Email Account and add the Email Account to the Email Accounts list.

Step 5. From Email Accounts list:

• You can change the password by clicking on the Change Password link. Once you click on the link, cPanel will display additional controls or fields to allow you to provide the password for the Email Account.

  

  • As mentioned in Step 3. provide the password.
  • Once you provided the password; click on the Change Password button. Upon successful password change; cPanel will display a success message.
• You are also allowed to change the disk quota. Click on the Change Quota link to change the disk quota. Once you click on this, cPanel will display additional controls.

  

  • As mentioned in Step 3. provide the disk quota.
  • Click on the Change Quota button to change the quota. cPanel will display the success message, once the disk quota has changed.
• Even you can delete an Email Account from here. Click on the Delete link to delete an Email Account.

Step 6. From the Email Accounts list, we can access Email Accounts. Two ways we can access Email Accounts. One is through Webmail and another one is configuring the Email Accounts with any of the Email Clients and accessing the Email Accounts. You can do both of these from the Email Accounts list.

• Click on the More button. cPanel will display a pull-down menu.

  

• Select Access Webmail menu-item to access Email Account through Webmail.
• If you want to configure an Email Account with Email Clients; select Configure Email Client menu item from the pull-down menu. cPanel will display a configuration page with instructions and scripts to configure Email Client with Email Clients.