To create, manage an email account or to view email client configuration information you need to login to your hosting control panel (http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel).
Creating an email account
To create an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Accounts.
- In the Email text box, type the name of the account that you want. Make sure you do not use mailman as an account name. The mailman name is reserved for cPanel's mailing list feature.
- In the Password text box, type the account password that you want.
- In the Password (again) text box, retype the account password. You can click Password Generator and cPanel generates a random, strong password for you.
- Under Mailbox Quota, either type the mailbox size in megabytes that you want, or click Unlimited.
- Click Create Account.
Modifyingt an email account
To modify an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Accounts.
- Click the setting that you want to change for the account:
- To change the account's password, click Change Password.
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.
Deleting an email account
To delete an e-mail account in cPanel, follow these steps:
- In the Mail section of the cPanel home screen, click Accounts.
- Locate the e-mail account that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
- Click Delete to confirm.
