How to delete an email forwarder in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to delete an email forwarder in cPanel.

Click the Forwarders icon.

Click Delete Forwarder to confirm.

That’s it! The forwarder has been deleted.

Locate the forwarder you wish to delete, then click the Delete link.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to delete an email forwarder from cPanel.

How to create an email forwarder in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to create an email forwarder in cPanel.

Click the Forwarders icon.

Click the Add Forwarder button.

Enter the address you want to forward…

Then with the Forward to email address option selected, enter the forward to address.

Then click Add Forwarder.

That’s it! The new email forwarder has been created.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create an email forwarder in cPanel.

How to set a return to sender failure message for unrouted emails in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Click the Default Address icon.

Now let’s learn how to setup a return to sender failure message.

If you have more than one domain, make sure you select the domain you want to set the failure message for.

Click the option, Discard with error to sender.

Then enter the error message you want to send.

When finished, click Change.

That’s it! The return to sender failure message has been configured.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup a return to sender failure message for unrouted emails, in cPanel.

How to pipe unrouted emails to a specific script in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Click the Default Address icon.

Now let’s learn how to pipe unrouted emails to a script.

Click the Advanced Options link.

Click the Pipe to a Program option, then enter the script name.

Click the Change button.

You can always return to this screen to make changes to your email piping.

That’s it! Email piping has been setup for all unrouted emails for this domain.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup email piping for unrouted emails in cPanel.

How to set a default email address for unrouted emails in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to set our default email address.

Click the Default Address icon.

If you have more than one domain, select the domain for which you want to set a default address.

Click the Forward to email address option.

Then enter an email address where you want all unrouted email to be forwarded to, and click Change.

That’s it! Now when someone tries to send an email to an address on that domain that you haven’t setup, it will automatically be forwarded to the address you just entered.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to set a default email address for unrouted emails in cPanel.

How to use the password generator when creating an email account in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Now let’s learn how to use the password generator.

Enter the new email address you want to create.

Then instead of entering a password, click the Password Generator button.

A random password will generate.

You can set some advanced options on what type of characters to allow if you wish.

Make sure you copy your new password in a safe place, then check the box indicating so.

Then click Use Password.

That’s it! The password fields have been filled in with your new randomly generated password, and you can now proceed with the creation of the account.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to use the password generator in cPanel.

How to change an email accounts quota in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Now let’s learn how to change an email account’s quota.

Locate the email account you want to change, then click the Change Quota link beside it.

Enter a new value for Mailbox Quota, or choose unlimited if you like.

Then click Change Quota.

That’s it! The email account’s mailbox quota has been changed.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change an email account’s quota.

How to setup a database using the MySQL Database Wizard in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to setup a database using the MySQL Database Wizard.

Click the MySQL Database Wizard icon.

Enter a name for the new database, then click Next Step.

Now we have to create a user for this database. Enter a username and create a password, then click Create User.

Click the All Privileges check box, then click Next Step.

That’s it! My MySQL database has been created, and the new user added to the database. The database name, username and password will all be needed for scripts that need to connect to the database.

Now click the MySQL Databases icon on the main page.

Here you can see the new database you just setup.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup databases using the MySQL Database Wizard.

How to manage a MySQL database with phpMyAdmin in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to manage a database with phpMyAdmin.

Click the phpMyAdmin icon.

This is the phpMyAdmin main page. It is from here that you can manage all MySQL databases that exist in your hosting account.

In the top left corner, you’ll see an entry with your account user name. Click the plus sign to its left.

You’ll now see a list of databases in your account. Click the one you want to manage.

You can now start managing your database. You can manage tables, add or delete entries, and perform queries among other things.

We won’t get into specifics… check out our phpMyAdmin series of tutorials for further details.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to manage a MySQL database with phpMyAdmin.