Overview
Note:
This interface is part of cPanel’s Email Accounts interface (cPanel » Home » Email » Email Accounts).
This interface lets you create a new email account. To create a new email account, click Create. A new interface will appear. It displays the account creation settings, as well as your account’s quota status.
Create a new email account
To create a new email account, perform the following steps:
- Use the Domain menu to select the domain on which you want to create the email account. If you only have one domain on your account, this option will not appear.
- Enter a new email address in the Username text box.
- In the Password section, perform one of the following actions:
- Select Set password now. and enter a secure password in the Password text box. Or, to automatically create a password, click Generate.
- Click the reveal icon (
) to display the entered password. - Click the more icon (
) to select the Generate option’s password complexity settings.
- Click the reveal icon (
- Select Send login link to alternate email address and enter an email address. The system will send a password creation link to this address.
- Select Set password now. and enter a secure password in the Password text box. Or, to automatically create a password, click Generate.
- Select the Stay on this page after I click Create checkbox to create another email account after you create this one.
- Click Create to create the account and return to the Email Accounts interface. You can click Go Back to cancel this action and return to the Email Accounts interface.
Note:
- For more information about how to manage your new email account, read our Manage Email Accounts documentation.
- Your hosting provide can customize the options this interface displays. For more information, read this document’s Using this interface section.
Optional Settings
The section manages Optional Settings for your email account.
- In the Storage Space section, perform one of the following actions:
- Enter a custom disk storage size to limit the account’s email quota size.
- Select Unlimited if you do not want to limit the account’s email quota size.
- In the Automatically Create Folders for Plus Addressing section, select one of the following settings:
- Automatically Create Folders — When you receive an email that uses plus addressing, the system will create a new folder. The server moves a message that uses plus addressing to a designated folder if the folder exists. For example, the system would place a message to
user+plusaddress@example.comin theplusaddressfolder. - Do Not Automatically Create Folders. — When you receive an email that uses plus addressing, the system will not create a new folder. Instead, it delivers the message to the
INBOXfolder.
- Automatically Create Folders — When you receive an email that uses plus addressing, the system will create a new folder. The server moves a message that uses plus addressing to a designated folder if the folder exists. For example, the system would place a message to
- Select the Send welcome email with instructions to set up a mail client checkbox to send the user mail client set up instructions. The user can access this message via Webmail. This message contains the mail client details and the
.mobileconfigfile for Apple® devices.Note:If you selected Send login link to alternate email, the system will not send a message.
Using this interface
Your hosting provider can customize the options in this interface. Keep the follow tips in mind when you create your email account:
- You cannot enter
cpanelas an account name when you create an email account. - You cannot rename an email account or change its address after you create it. However, you can use cPanel’s Forwarders interface (cPanel » Home » Email » Forwarders) to create a new address that forwards all mail to the existing account.
- The Domain setting only appears if you have more than one domain on your account. To see this menu, click Manage Domains to check your account’s domain configuration. A new interface will appear. You can find the links to these interfaces in the Missing a Domain? menu on the right side of the interface.
- Some hosting providers require a minimum password strength value. You must enter a password that meets this value.
- The Send login link to alternate email address setting only appears if your hosting provider has enabled it.
