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 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 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 setup a forwarder for an entire domain in cPanel

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

Click the Forwarders icon.

Now let’s learn how to setup a domain forwarder in cPanel.

Click the Add Domain Forwarder button.

If you have more than one domain in your account, choose the one for which you want to forward all emails.

Then enter the domain where you want the emails forwarded to.

Click the Add Domain Forwarder button.

That’s it! The domain forwarder has been setup.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup a forwarder for an entire domain, in cPanel.

How to delete a domain forwarder in cPanel

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

Click the Forwarders icon.

Now let’s learn how to delete a domain forwarder in cPanel.

Locate the domain forwarder you want to delete, and then click the Delete icon next to it.

Click the Delete Domain Forwarder button to confirm.

That’s it! The domain forwarder has been deleted.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to delete a domain forwarder in cPanel.

How to setup an autoresponder 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 autoresponder in cPanel.

Click the Autoresponders icon.

This is where you create autoresponders for your email addresses. Autoresponders send messages back automatically, to anyone who sends an email to a specified address.

Click the Add Auto Responder button.

Now complete the form to setup your autoresponder.

Enter an interval value, then enter an email address you want to set an autoresponder for.

Now complete the rest of the autoresponder email by filling in the From, Subject and Body of the email.

When ready, click Create/Modify.

That’s it! The autoresponder has been setup.

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

How to create an autoresponder for a specific time period

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 set a specific time period for an autoresponder to function.

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

Click the Custom option next to Start.

Then select a date and time for your autoresponder to start working.

Click Custom by Stop and choose a date and time for it to stop working.

When finished, click Create/Modify.

That’s it! The custom time period for this autoresponder has been setup.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to set a specific time period for an autoresponder to function.

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 edit 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 edit an autoresponder.

Locate the autoresponder you want to edit, then click the Edit link next to it.

From here you can make all the edits you want.

When finished, click Create/Modify.

That’s it! The autoresponder has been edited and saved.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to edit an autoresponder 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 add 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 add an email account.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Enter the new email address you want to create.

Then enter and confirm a password for this new account.

You can choose to set a mailbox quota, or have it unlimited.

When ready, click Create account.

That’s it! The new email account has been created, and is now listed at the bottom of the page.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to add an email account 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 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 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 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 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 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.