In cPanel web hosting you may create mail addresses in two ways: mail accounts; and mail forwarders. Users are often unclear as to how to use these functions, so let’s look at each in detail.<\/p>\n

A cPanel mail account receives and stores mail. A mail account may be thought of as a mailbox, holding the incoming mail on your web server until the user views or deletes it.<\/p>\n

A cPanel mail forwarder forwards incoming mail to some other specified destination, commonly to some outside address. The mail is not retained on your web server.<\/p>\n

Create a mail account<\/strong><\/p>\n

To create a new mail account in cPanel, choose the “Email Accounts” function. Enter the e-mail user (which will of course be “@” the domain of the cPanel you’re logged into), a password, and the mailbox quota (maximum size) in MB. You may instead choose “unlimited” for mailbox size, but be careful with this. If you have a friend such as mine who repeatedly sends multiple 40 MB or 50 MB graphics and video files, you could easily reach the limit of a small hosting account.<\/p>\n

Create a mail forwarder<\/strong><\/p>\n

To create a cPanel mail forwarder, use the “Forwarders” function and click the “Add Forwarder” button. In the “Address to Forward” field, enter the mail user name “@” the domain of the cPanel you’re logged into. This creates that as a valid address on the server, even though it does not exist as a mailbox. In the “Forward to email address” field, enter the desired target or destination to which you want the mail forwarded.<\/p>\n

As I wrote in an earlier article<\/a>, do not forward to AOL, and be careful about forwarding to certain other domains which may block your mail as spam.<\/p>\n

Forward mail to multiple targets<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to forward mail from one address to multiple targets, simply create multiple forwarders. e.g. To forward email for larry@domain.com<\/a> to moe@isp.com<\/a> and curly@company.net<\/a>, first create one forwarder:
\nlarry@domain.com<\/a> -> moe@isp.com<\/a><\/p>\n

and then create another forwarder:
\nlarry@domain.com<\/a> -> curly@company.net<\/a><\/p>\n

All incoming mail addressed to larry@domain.com<\/a> will be forwarded twice, to moe@isp.com<\/a> and curly@company.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Combine mail account and mail forwarder<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may combine the two features. Create a mail account and a forwarder for the same address, and you will both store received mail on the server and also forward a copy to the specified other address. Forwarding is actually “store and forward” if the address also exists as a mail account.<\/p>\n

cPanel web hosting includes a variety of tools to create and manage your domain’s email. You should find everything necessary to meet the needs of your mail users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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