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Creating and managing email accounts

This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through creating new email addresses in DirectAdmin.

  • Open your web browser and navigate to your DirectAdmin URL (typically yourdomain.com:2222 or yourserver.com:2222) Enter your username and password Click the “Login” button

  • Once you have selected the correct domain, locate the “E-Mail Manager” section on your main dashboard Click on “E-Mail Accounts”

  • On the nest page, click on create new account as per the image below

On the create E-Mail Accounts page, you have to fill in the following

  1. Username : Enter the desired email address username (the part before the @ symbol)Example: If you want john@yourdomain.com, enter john
  2. Create a strong password for this email account
    • Use a combination of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters
    • Make it at least 8 characters long
  3. Set the mailbox size limit (in MB)
    • Enter the maximum amount of storage you want for this email account
    • Common values: 1000 (1GB), 2000 (2GB), or tick Max for unlimited, meaning it will grow to fill the disk space of the hosting account.

That’s it, you’re done, if you want to set up your email in your mobile client, Here is a tutorial on how to setup email on outlook.