Email accounts let you send and receive messages for your domain. Follow these steps to create a new email account in cPanel.
Steps
1. Log in to cPanel
- Visit your hosting provider's cPanel login page and sign in with your username and password.
2. Navigate to Email Accounts
- From the cPanel Home, locate the Email section.
- Click on Email Accounts (or Email if you see a dropdown menu).
3. Click Create Account
- Select the Create button (or Add Email Account).
4. Fill in the Email Details
- Username: Enter the part before the @ symbol (for example, sales for sales@yourdomain.com).
- Domain: Select your domain from the dropdown list.
- Password: Enter a strong password. You can click the Password Generator button to create one automatically.
- Password (confirm): Re-enter the password to confirm it.
5. Set Storage Quota (Optional)
- You can leave the default quota or set a custom maximum mailbox size in megabytes (MB).
- If unsure, use the default setting recommended by your provider.
6. Create the Account
- Click the Create button.
- You should see a confirmation message that the account was created successfully.
Tips & Notes
- Use strong passwords: Combine uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters to secure your email.
- Check username availability: The username you choose will be unique to your domain; you cannot have two accounts with the same username@domain.
- Password changes: You can reset an email account password later from the same Email Accounts section.
- Multiple accounts: Create as many email accounts as you need for different team members, departments, or purposes (subject to your hosting plan limits).
Next Steps
Once your email account is created, you can:
- Access it via Webmail (see your provider's Webmail guide).
- Set it up in email clients like Outlook, Gmail, or Apple Mail (ask your provider for IMAP/SMTP settings).
- Add email forwarders to redirect messages to other addresses.
- Configure autoresponders for out-of-office messages.