Set Up an Email Address in cPanel

<p>By default, email is not configured for new accounts on our servers. However, you can create email addresses for each account you wish to use.</p>

<p><em><strong>Note: </strong>The following examples assume your domain name is called 'example.com'&nbsp;and your cPanel username is 'example'.</em></p>

<h3>Creating an Email Address</h3>

<p>To create an email address:</p>

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	<li>Log in to&nbsp;cPanel.</li>
	<li>Click <strong>Email Accounts</strong>&nbsp;in the <strong>Mail </strong>section.</li>
	<li>Provide information in the Email, Password, and Password (again) fields.</li>
	<li>Tick the option to denote your mailbox quota.<br />
	<em><strong>Note:&nbsp;</strong>the quota defaults to 10 MB. You can adjust this higher, or enter 0 to give it unlimited (it will be limited by your entire account disk space, so be careful here.)</em></li>
	<li>Click <strong>Create Account</strong>.</li>
	<li>Now, when you login to&nbsp;Webmail&nbsp;or configure an email client, such as Outlook, Thunderbird, or Apple Mail.app, you'll use the full email address (example@example.com, or whatever you chose for your email address) for the username and the password you just created.</li>
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<h3 id="hn_Using_the_Default_Address_Main_Account">Using the Default Address/Main Account</h3>

<p>Enabling this is not recommended. To enable a default address or main account:</p>

<ol>
	<li>Click Mail and then Default Address.</li>
	<li>Click Set Default Address.</li>
	<li>Select the correct domain name in the dropdown menu and then type in your cPanel username.</li>
	<li>Click Change.</li>
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<p>This enables&nbsp;all email&nbsp;addressed to an address&nbsp;<em>other than the one created above</em>&nbsp;to be delivered to your cPanel main account.</p>

<h3 id="hn_Forwarding_mail">Forwarding Mail</h3>

<p>In the Mail section of cPanel click Forwarders. Here you can add an email forwarder or a website forwarder.</p>

<p><em><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;the mail for a forwarded email address will still be delivered to the original sent-to address as well.&nbsp;If you just set up a forwarder, the mail will not be kept locally. If you set up the email account AND a forwarder, then your mail will be kept both locally and forwarded.</em></p>