How do I change my Mail Exchanger (MX)
records in cPanel?
How do I login to cPanel?
In order to login to cPanel for your domain type
http://yourdomain.com/cPanel.
Now, a login
box will pop up.
Enter the cPanel username/password you
were given upon signing up.
From there it will log you
in to cPanel and you may edit your domains settings.
How do I install webmail in
cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel. (see above)*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At
the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
At
the top there is a link named Webmail.
Click on that.
This
screen gives you 3 choices to choose from:
Neomail, Horde
and Squirrelmail.
Choose which one you want and click on
it.
An install process will ensue.
At the end you will be
taken to the webmail page for your site and will be able
to login.
How do I add an email
account in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At
the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The
2nd link down is named Add/Remove Accounts.
Click on that.
In this screen you will see a link at the bottom
that says Add Account.
Click on that.
You will be taken
to another screen with several options.
The options are:
Email:
Password:
Quota:
For email, choose the username that will come before
the @yourdomain.com. If you want to make the email account
for a subdomain, on the right of the Email section click
the drop down box and select the subdomain. Otherwise,
move on.
The password box is where you will input the password
for this email account. You should always use a combination
of letters and numbers to make your passwords more secure.
The quota section is where you will set how much
diskspace this email account is allowed. The default is
10 mb and you can leave it at that or adjust it to however
much you want.
Now, click Create at the bottom of the page and
it will take you to another screen that has all the information
for the email account and how to login.
Your new email
account is now created and ready to begin accepting email.
How do I set the default
address for unrouted mail in my domain?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 3rd choice down is named Default Address. Click on
that.
In the next screen you will see All unrouted mail
will be sent to:
Followed by a list of your domain and subdomains.
At the bottom of the page click on the link that reads
Set Default Address. This will take you to a new page.
On this page there will be a line that says Send all unrouted
e-mail for: and there is a drop down box with the domain
and all the subdomains listed. Choose which one you want
then in the 2nd box to the right type in the email address
you wish to use. Now, click on the Change button.
You will be taken to another screen. Now all unrouted
email for your domain or subdomain will be sent to the
email address you entered.
How do I add an autoresponder
in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 4th choice down is named Autoresponders. Click on that.
At the bottom of the next screen click on Add Autoresponder.
This will take you to a new screen with several boxes.
Email:
From:
Subject:
Character Set:
HTML Message:
Body:
We'll start with the Email line. Type in the prefix
for the email address you'll be using. To the right of
that, click on the drop down box and choose the domain
or subdomain it's for.
Now, in the From catagory type in who the email
will be from. It can be a name, an email address or just
about anything you want.
For the subject line type in the Subject of the
email. This is what people will see when they view the
email address before they open it.
In the character set line click the drop down menu
and change it to what you want. *NOTE* Normally you will
not need to change this line, so you may leave it un-changed
at us-ascii.
If you want to insert any sort of HTML into the
message then click the box next to HTML Message. This will
allow for all HTML code inserted into the document to work
properly.
Lastly, click in the large box next to Body. Type
in all the text that you wish for people to read when the
autoresponse is sent out.
At the bottom of the page click on Create. This
will take you to a new screen that will say "Autoresponder
successfully created." The autoresponder for your email
account is now created and operational and all email sent
to that address will automatically receive the designated
response.
How do I enable mail
filtering in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 5th choice down is named Email Filtering. Click on
that.
In the next page that comes up click on the link
that reads Add Filter. This will bring you to a page that
has a couple options. Those are: Filter
Destination
The way email filtering works is if you receive
an email that matches the guidelines you set it will send
the email to the designated area (a spam box for example).
You can also set it to use spamassassin and completely
get rid of the email and all future emails of that sort.
We're going to setup a basic email filter. Say we
get an email we don't like from spam@spam.com with the
subject "Get free stuff now!"
In the Filter line Subject and Contains are already
selected. So, move over to the 3rd box and type in Get
free stuff now!
Below that, Discard is already typed into the box.
You don't want the email so leave this as is. Now click
the Create button. This will take you to another page telling
you that the mail filter has been successfully created.
Now all email containing the subject "Get free stuff now!" will
be discarded in the future.
How do I create an email
forwarder in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 6th link down is named Forwarders. Click on that.
On this page at the bottom you will see a link that
says Add Forwarder. Click on that to proceed to the next
page.
You will see a empty box followed by a box that
has a domain or subdomain name in it. In the first box,
type the prefix for the email address you will be using
for forwarding email. If you are using a subdomain, click
on the drop down box and choose which subdomain you wish
to use. In the last box on the right, type in the full
email address that all email will be forwarding to.
Now click on the button that reads Add Forwarder.
This will take you to a new page that will say you have
successfully added an email forwarder. Now all email for
the designated email address will be automatically forwarded
to the other email address.
How do I create a mailing
list in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 7th link down is named Mailing Lists. Click on that.
In this page you will see a link that says Add Mailing
List. Click on that to proceed to the next page.
On this page you'll see 3 boxes:
List Name
Password
Domain
For List Name, this is what users will see the name
as when they receive email from the mailing list in their
inbox. You should name it something that everyone who is
added to the list will be familiar with.
In the Password box, you want to choose a secure
password made up of letters and numbers and usually at
least 6 characters long. This is the password that will
be required for users to access the mailing list.
Lastly, the Domain box should be which domain or
subdomain the mailing list will be for. Click the drop
down box and choose the one you want. Now, click the Create
button. This will take you to a page telling you that you
have successfully created a mailing list.
How do I enable spam
assassin in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The 8th link down is named Spam assassin. Click on that.
In this page you will see several lines of text
including (assuming spam assassin is off already):
Spam Assassin is currently: disabled
Spam Box is currently: disabled
At the bottom of the page there are 5 buttons. These
are: Enable Spam Assassin, Disable Spam Assassin, Enable
Spam Box, Disable Spam Box, Configure Spam Assassin (required
to rewrite subjects)
We aren't going to get into the Spam Assassin configuration
settings in this article so you may ignore that button.
To enable Spam Assassin simply click on the button
labeled Enable Spam Assassin. If you also wish for users
to have their spam email filtered into a spam box then
click the button labled Enable Spam Box. Spam Assassin
and/or the Spam Box is now enabled for your domain.
How do I change my Mail Exchanger
(MX) records in cPanel?
*This article assumes you are already logged into
cPanel.*
You will see several icons on the main page of cPanel.
At the top left there is an icon named Mail. Click on that.
Now, in the next screen you will see several choices.
The link at the bottom of the list is named Modify Mail
Exchanger (MX Entry). Click on that.
On the page you will see a list of all domains/subdomains
with the MX entry for each if there is one. At the bottom
you will see a link that reads Change an MX Entry. Click
on that.
This page shows you a drop down box with a list
of your domain and subdomains. Choose the domain/subdomain
you will be modifying the MX entry for.
Now, in the box on the right side type in the FQDN
(Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the mail server. This
should be something like mail.domain.com or domain.com
where domain.com is replaced by the name of the domain
you will be using for email.
After you are done with that click on the button
that reads Change. This will take you to a new page showing
that you have successfully changed the MX record. It should
take effect instantly.
