title: Create an Email Account created at: Wed Oct 16 2024 09:29:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:22:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) --- # Create an Email Account \_\_ # Overview To create a new email account, click *Create* in cPanel’s [*Email Accounts*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/email-accounts) interface (*cPanel » Home » Email » Email Accounts*). This interface will appear. It allows you to create a new email account and displays the account creation settings. # Create a new email account To create a new email account, perform the following steps: 1. Use the *Domain* menu to select the domain on which you want to create the email account. If you only have one domain on your account, this option will not appear. 2. Enter a new email address in the *Username* text box. 3. In the *Password* section, perform one of the following actions: * Select *Set password now.* and enter a secure password in the *Password* text box. Or, to automatically create a password, click *Generate*. * Click the reveal icon  to display the entered password. ``` - Click the more icon ```  to select the *Generate* option’s password complexity settings. ``` - Select _Send login link to alternate email address_ and enter an email address. The system will send a password creation link to this address. ``` 1. Select the *Stay on this page after I click Create* checkbox to create another email account after you create this one. 2. Click *Create* to create the account and return to the *Email Accounts* interface. You can click *Go Back* to cancel this action and return to the *Email Accounts* interface. !! Note !! Your hosting provide can customize the options this interface displays. For more information, read this document’s [Using this interface](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/create-an-email-account/#using-this-interface) section. !! You can create email forwarders to forward messages between email addresses in cPanel’s [*Forwarders*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/forwarders/) interface (*cPanel » Home » Email » Forwarders*). # Optional Settings The section manages *Optional Settings* for your email account. 1. In the *Storage Space* section, perform one of the following actions: * Enter a custom disk storage size to limit the account’s email quota size. * Select *Unlimited* if you do not want to limit the account’s email quota size. 2. In the *Automatically Create Folders for Plus Addressing* section, select one of the following settings: * *Automatically Create Folders* — When you receive an email that uses [plus addressing](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/manage-email-accounts/#plus-addressing) , the system **will** create a new folder. The server moves a message that uses plus addressing to a designated folder if the folder exists. For example, the system would place a message to `[email protected]` in the `plusaddress` folder. !! Note\ Plus-addressing is **not** the same as a wildcard redirect, which redirects all emails whose addresses match a regular expression (regex) pattern. To learn more about wildcard redirects, includng how to set one up, read our [Global Email Filters](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/global-email-filters/#create-a-wildcard-redirect) documentation. To learn more about email filters as a whole, read our [How to Configure Email Filters](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/email/how-to-configure-email-filters/) documentation. ``` - _Do Not Automatically Create Folders._ — When you receive an email that uses plus addressing, the system will **not** create a new folder. Instead, it delivers the message to the `INBOX` folder. ``` 1. Select the *Send welcome email with instructions to set up a mail client* checkbox to send the user mail client set up instructions. The user can access this message via Webmail. This message contains the mail client details and [the `.mobileconfig` file](https://fileinfo.com/extension/mobileconfig) for Apple devices. !! Note\ If you selected *Send login link to alternate email*, the system will **not** send a message. # Using this interface Your hosting provider can customize the options in this interface. Keep the follow tips in mind when you create your email account: * You **cannot** enter `cpanel` as an account name when you create an email account. * You **cannot** rename an email account or change its address after you create it. However, you can use cPanel’s [*Forwarders*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/forwarders/) interface (*cPanel » Home » Email » Forwarders*) to create a new address that forwards all mail to the existing account. * The *Domain* setting **only** appears if you have more than one domain on your account. To see this menu, click [*Manage Domains*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/domains/domains) to check your account’s domain configuration. A new interface will appear. You can find the links to these interfaces in the *Missing a Domain?* menu on the right side of the interface. * Some hosting providers require a minimum password strength value. You **must** enter a password that meets this value. * The *Send login link to alternate email address* setting **only** appears if your hosting provider has enabled it.