Creating E-mail Accounts

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This is how you would create a POP e-mail address from your cPanel account. First step would be to login to your cPanel, and then look at the front page.

• Video Tutorial on Creating a New E-mail Account in cPanel

Creating a New E-Mail Account in cPanel

From the cPanel front page, click on the "Mail" icon, and then on the Mail Manager Main Menu click on "Add/Remove Accounts". This will take you to the Mail Account Maintenance page.

As you can see, there is already a default login setup here that matches up with your cPanel login user name. Now click on the bottom of the screen where it says "Add Account".

On this new screen, you will want to setup your new e-mail account.

E-mail User Name

In the text box for "E-mail:" put in the user name you want to use. If you have additional domains on the account you should be able to select the other domains from the drop down box after the "@" sign. That is how you would create an e-mail account for an addon domain name.

E-mail Password

Next put in your password into the text box next to "Password:". It should be 6-8 alpha-numeric characters and should not contain your user name.

E-mail Quota

Optionally, you may also specify a maximum disk space quota for the account. By default, this is set at 10 MB.

Now, you will want to double check your information, and if you are ready to create the e-mail account, hit the "Create" button. After clicking, you will see a message that says the e-mail account has been created successfully. You can use these same steps to create as many e-mail accounts as your web site might need.

Please Note: Using the cPanel User Name E-mail Address The default email address created using your cPanel can not be used as a regular e-mail address. It is created as a temporary catch-all e-mail address until a new e-mail address is established.

In actuality the "Main" e-mail account is listed in cPanel as simply 'cpaneluser'. This is because that e-mail account is actually recognized by the server as cpaneluser@server.lunarpages.com rather than cpaneluser@yourdomain.com. That email address is really an alias, and not a created e-mail on the domain.

While the email address may function, you will frequently experience issues if using it consistently.