Creating Email Accounts in DirectAdmin

<h3>Adding a New Email Account</h3> <p>DirectAdmin makes it easy to create professional email accounts using your own domain name. Each email account gets its own mailbox for sending and receiving messages.</p> <h3>Step-by-Step Instructions</h3> <ol> <li>Log in to DirectAdmin.</li> <li>Navigate to <strong>Email Manager</strong> (or <strong>E-Mail Accounts</strong>).</li> <li>Click on <strong>Email Accounts</strong> or <strong>Create Mail Account</strong>.</li> <li>Select the domain for the email account if you have multiple domains.</li> <li>Enter the desired email username (the part before the @ symbol). For example, entering <code>info</code> creates <code>info@yourdomain.com</code>.</li> <li>Enter and confirm a strong password for the email account.</li> <li>Set the <strong>Email Quota</strong> (mailbox storage limit in megabytes). Enter <code>0</code> for unlimited (subject to your account's total disk quota).</li> <li>Click <strong>Create Account</strong> to finish.</li> </ol> <div class="alert alert-info">The total number of email accounts you can create depends on your hosting plan. Check your account summary to see your limit.</div> <h3>After Creating the Account</h3> <p>Once the email account is created, you can access it through:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Webmail</strong> - Access your email in a browser at <code>https://yourdomain.com/webmail</code> or <code>https://your-server:2222/webmail</code>.</li> <li><strong>Email Client</strong> - Configure an email client like Outlook, Thunderbird, or your phone's mail app using the IMAP/POP3/SMTP settings described in our email client setup guides.</li> </ul> <h3>Managing Existing Accounts</h3> <p>From the Email Accounts page, you can:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Change Password</strong> - Click on the account and update the password.</li> <li><strong>Modify Quota</strong> - Adjust the mailbox storage limit.</li> <li><strong>Suspend/Unsuspend</strong> - Temporarily disable an email account without deleting it.</li> <li><strong>Delete</strong> - Permanently remove the email account and all its messages.</li> </ul> <div class="alert alert-warning">Deleting an email account permanently removes all messages stored in that mailbox. Ensure you have backed up any important emails before deleting an account.</div>