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title: Create a cPanel Email Account
description: "**Overview** This guide explains how to create a new email address in cPanel for your domain, manage existing accounts, update passwords and quotas, and configure your email client. ![](https://creativehaus.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/d9b4b143-0c41-4218-b58f-03ab396b2ae8-683x1024.png) **Step 1: Create an Email Account** 1. Log in to your…"
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# Create a cPanel Email Account

**Overview**

This guide explains how to create a new email address in cPanel for your domain, manage existing accounts, update passwords and quotas, and configure your email client.

![](https://creativehaus.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/d9b4b143-0c41-4218-b58f-03ab396b2ae8-683x1024.png)

**Step 1: Create an Email Account**

1. Log in to your **cPanel** account.
2. Go to the **Emails** section and click **Email Accounts**.
3. At the top of the page, locate **Add Email Account**.
4. Fill in the following details:
   - **Email:** Enter the name you want before the @yourdomain.com.
   - **Password:** Choose a strong, secure password.
   - **Mailbox Quota:** Set the storage limit (in MB) or choose **Unlimited**.
5. Click **Create Account**.

Your new email address is now created and ready to use.

**Step 2: Manage Existing Email Accounts**

Scroll down within **Email Accounts** to view all addresses associated with your domain. Here, you can perform several management tasks:

**Change Password**

- Click **Change Password** next to the email address.
- Enter a new secure password.
- Click **Change Password** to save.

**Change Quota**

- Click **Change Quota** next to the desired email address.
- Enter a new quota in MB or choose **Unlimited**.
- Click **Change Quota** to apply changes.

**Delete Email Account**

- Select the **Delete** option next to the account you want to remove.
  ⚠️ **Note:** Deleting an email account will remove all associated emails and cannot be undone.

**Step 3: Configure Your Mail Client**

You can set up your new email account on desktop or mobile email clients such as **Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, or Gmail App**.

1. In **Email Accounts**, find the account you want to configure.
2. Click **Configure Mail Client**.
3. You will see two options:
   - **Auto Configuration Scripts**: Download and run the script to configure your mail client automatically.
   - **Manual Settings**: View the server settings and configure them manually.

**Manual Configuration Settings**

cPanel provides four types of settings:

**IMAP (Recommended – Keeps emails synced across devices)**

- **Secure (SSL/TLS):**
  - Incoming (IMAP): Port 993
  - Outgoing (SMTP): Port 465
- **Non-SSL:**
  - Incoming (IMAP): Port 143
  - Outgoing (SMTP): Port 587

**POP3 (Downloads emails locally – may not sync across devices)**

- **Secure (SSL/TLS):**
  - Incoming (POP3): Port 995
  - Outgoing (SMTP): Port 465
- **Non-SSL:**
  - Incoming (POP3): Port 110
  - Outgoing (SMTP): Port 587

⚠️ **Recommendation:** Always use **SSL/TLS** for secure encrypted communication.

**Summary**

- Create new email accounts via **cPanel > Email Accounts**.
- Manage accounts by changing passwords, updating quotas, or deleting accounts.
- Configure mail clients using **Auto Configuration Scripts** or **Manual Settings**.
- Choose **IMAP with SSL** for the most secure and flexible setup.

✅ You are now ready to create and manage email accounts for your domain using cPanel.