{"id":1412,"date":"2021-05-19T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:33:21","slug":"how-to-setup-an-email-account-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-an-email-account-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup an Email Account in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using cPanel to create an email account is a fairly simple procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locating the Email Accounts Section<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/email-accounts-tool-1024x150-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/email-accounts-tool-1024x150-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/email-accounts-tool-1024x150-1-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/email-accounts-tool-1024x150-1-768x113.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating an Email Account<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it&#8217;s open, press the Create button to bring up a new window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For each sector, you must provide the detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Username \u2014 <\/strong>specifies the email username you&#8217;d like to use. If you want to use info@yourdomain.com, for example, simply type info in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security \u2014<\/strong> For the email address, you must enter a password. It is strongly recommended that you use a strong password that consists of a combination of uppercase letters and numbers. You can make one with the cPanel password generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(Optional) Provide an alternate email \u2014<\/strong> If you want to reset your email password with a different email account, enter the alternate email address here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage Space \u2014<\/strong> You can choose between two options: restricted or limitless. With limited capacity, you won&#8217;t be able to receive any emails after the cap is reached. On the other side, if you want limitless storage, you shouldn&#8217;t be concerned of losing mail unless account cap is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-19-at-5.45.46-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-19-at-5.45.46-PM.png 643w, https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-19-at-5.45.46-PM-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the Create button once everything is in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll get a configuration detail to set up an email client if you checked the Send a welcome email with instructions to set up a mail client box. 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