Creating an Email Account in cPanel

1. Accessing Email Account Settings
  • First, open your cPanel and log in (for a guide on how to do this look here)

  • Select "Email Accounts" from the "Email" sub-menu

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2. Creating the Account
  • Select the "Create" button next aside the settings icon

  • page detailing email accounts, with a create button highlighted
  • On the next screen, enter the email address you'd like in the "Username" field

  • empty text box to enter a prefix to a domain as an email address
  • If you have multiple domains, ensure the correct one is set aside the "Username"

    drop down field with the option to select one of two domain names
  • Now set or generate a "Password"

    empty text box to enter a new password, with the selected option for new password

Note: You can set the parameters for password generation, by clicking the down arrow next to the "Generate" button.

This may help if you require a password without certain characters or of a specific length.

drop down menu with multiple password options for characters and length
Optional Settings
  • Select the storage size you wish the mailbox to have, keeping in mind your cPanel storage quota

  • free text box to enter numerical value against a drop down of byte values
  • Choose to collect emails with plus addressing in a separate mailbox folder

  • two tickboxes to decide where plus address email should be sent
  • You can have an email sent to you with instructions on how to setup a device for this mailbox, or read a guide on how to do this here
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