How to create / remove a new email account on a cPanel Server

 
If you have a domain name, then you can create email account for it. Some webhosting company allows unlimited email accounts but some allow allow only limited mail accounts. The number of email accounts that can be created in a cPanel account is set in account ‘package’. You need cPanel access or SSH access to create a new mail account. cPanel login details will be provided in the welcome email sent by your webhosting company. Do the below steps to create a new email account on a cPanel server.

1 . Log in to cPanel

URL to access cPanel : https://YourServerIP:2083
Username : Enter cPanel username
Password : Enter cPanel Password

2. Search for “Email Accounts” in the cPanel search bar
 

 
3. Click on “Email Accounts” under “Email”

4. You must enter the new email account name, password and quota of the email account

Example :
Email : sam@globedrill.com
Password : Teget123#
Password (Again) : Teget123#
Mailbox Quota : Set quota for the mail account

You can set Unlimited quota for the email account or you can restrict the size of the email account in the “Mailbox Quota” field.

Use ‘password generator’ to create a strong email password. Weak passwords will be easily cracked by bruteforce attacks initiated by hacker and they will start sending spam emails after compromising your email account. You must set a very strong password for your email address. You must enter the email password twice in ‘Add Email Account’ page to create the email account.
 

 
5. Click on “Create Account” to create a new email account
 

 
If you have more than one domains in your account (addon domains or sub domains) then you can choose the email account from the drop down while creating the email address.
 

 

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How to Remove / Delete an Email Account on a cPanel Server

 
1. Log in to your cPanel account

2. Click on “Email Accounts” under “Email”

3. Under “Email Accounts” you can see the list of email accounts in your cPanel account

3. Click on “Delete” to remove the email account
 

 
4. Click on “Delete” again to Confirm
 

 

 
You can create email account either through WHM or from the server backend using the cPanel script.

1. Log into server via SSH as ‘root’

2. Run the cPanel script “/scripts/addpop user@domain.com password quota” to create an email account

Example : /scripts/addpop damien@globedrill.com GTyyu4e67# 500

Email account “damien@globedrill.com” will be created on the server with password “GTyyu4e67#” and quota 500M.

3. Run the command “/scripts/delpop user@domain.com” to delete an email account on a cPanel server