Create an email account
An email account is an address on your domain with its own mailbox. You create it in DirectAdmin.
Should email to the address only be sent on to another address? Forward email to another address
Is the domain missing in DirectAdmin? Connect a domain to your hosting
If you’ve connected Inleed to an AI app, just write what you want done, for example:
Done. The email account [email protected] is created.
How to create the account
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Log in to the client area and click your hosting under Websites, email & DNS.
DirectAdmin opens. No password needed.
If you have several hosting accounts, choose the one the domain is on.
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Click E-mail Accounts.
It’s under E-mail Manager in the menu. Click that first if the list is closed.
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Choose the domain the address should have, if you have several on your hosting.
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Click Create Account.
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Enter the first part of the address under Username, for example
info.The domain is already shown after the field.
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Click Generate Random Password.
A strong password is filled in. You see it again once the account is created.
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Enter the size in MB under E-mail Quota (MB) and the emails per day under Daily Send Limit.
The number of emails is required, at most 500. For example:
E-mail Quota (MB)Daily Send LimitThe size is pre-filled with only 50 MB, which fills up fast. Enter a higher value or tick Max.
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Click Create Account.
How to know it worked
Done
The account is created. The Account created box shows the username, password and servers for your email app. Save the password now.
If something doesn’t work
It says “Required Field” under a field
Why: The field is empty. It’s usually Daily Send Limit, which has no default value.
What to do: Enter, for example, 250 in the field and create the account again.
It says “E-Mail account already exists”
Why: The address already exists on the domain.
What to do: Choose another name, or change the password of the existing address.
Change the password for an email accountThe domain isn’t in the list
Why: The domain hasn’t been added to your hosting.
What to do: Connect the domain to your hosting first.
Connect a domain to your hostingGood to know
- You can create as many addresses as you like, as long as your hosting has space.
- On iPhone, iPad and Mac you can download a ready-made settings profile from the menu on the address’s row. Add your email to iPhone, iPad or Mac
- Read your email straight in your browser with webmail, or add the address to your phone or computer. Log in to webmail
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Need more help?
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