cPanel Paper Lantern Email Series

How to limit the number of autoresponder messages

sent in cPanel

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

Click the Autoresponders icon.

Now let’s learn how to limit the number of autoresponder messages people can get.

You can set an autoresponder message limit by editing an existing autoresponder, or while creating a new one. Let’s edit an existing one… click Edit.

The Interval field is where you can limit the number of times the autoresponder is sent to an address.

If you put an 8 here, that means that this autoresponder will only send to an email address once within an 8 hour period… no matter how many times the autoresponder is triggered.

Click Create/Modify to save your changes.

That’s it! The new interval has been set.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to limit the number of autoresponder messages sent in cPanel.

How to delete an autoresponder in cPanel

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

Click the Autoresponders icon.

Now let’s learn how to delete an autoresponder.

Locate the autoresponder you want to delete, then click the Delete link next to it.

Then click Delete Autoresponder to confirm.

That’s it! The autoresponder has been deleted.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to delete an autoresponder in cPanel.

How to delete an email account 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 account in cPanel.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Find the email account you want to delete, then click the Delete button next to it.

That’s it! The email account has been deleted.

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

Then click the new Delete button that appears, to confirm that’s what you want to do.

How to change an email account password 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 password in cPanel.

Find the account you want to change, then click the Change Password link beside it.

Enter and confirm a new password for this account, then click Change Password.

That’s it! The password has been changed for that email account. You’ll now have to update your email clients with the new password, to make sure you can retrieve your emails.

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