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Published on: 02/09/2023 | Updated on: 12/07/2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes

DirectAdmin Email Accounts

Create an Email Account

Creating email accounts using your DirectAdmin control panel is quick and easy to do.

To create an email account, login to your DirectAdmin control panel

Scroll down until you find the E-mail Manager section and click E-mail Accounts (shown in the image below)

Search
The DirectAdmin Search function works very well and makes it very easy to locate the E-Mail Accounts page. Type E-Mail Accounts in the search bar and the link to the E-Mail Accounts page will appear.
DirectAdmin E-Mail Manager Screen
DirectAdmin E-Mail Manager Screen
MultipleDomains
If you have multiple domains hosted on a single DirectAdmin account, click on the domain name where you see Domain: yourdomain.com (your domain is a blue hyperlink located near the search field) to toggle between the domains to then manage your email accounts.

Click on Create Account (shown on image below)

DirectAdmin List of Email Accounts Screen
DirectAdmin List of Email Accounts Screen

Create your new email account

Enter the following:

  1. A username

  2. A password (there is a password generator to the left of the field - click the icon)

  3. Modify email quota (if desired)

  4. Send Limit - 200 is typically a good number to leave this set at

  5. Click Create Account

That’s it! You’ve now created a new email account using DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin Create Email Account Screen
DirectAdmin Create Email Account Screen

If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support

Change Email Account Password

Difficulty Level: Easy

  1. Login to your DirectAdmin Account as the User

  2. Using the menu, navigate to Account Manager > Email Accounts

  3. Locate the email address you wish to update the password for and click the + icon to the right of it and click Change Password / Username

MultipleDomains
If you have multiple domains hosted on a single DirectAdmin account, click on the domain name where you see Domain: yourdomain.com (your domain is a blue hyperlink located near the search field) to toggle between the domains to then manage your email accounts.
DirectAdmin E-Mail Account List
DirectAdmin E-Mail Account List
DirectAdmin Popup to Change Email Password
DirectAdmin Popup to Change Email Password
Generate Random Password
On the popup to change your password, click the icon to the left of the password field to generate a random password
View Password
Passwords are concealed by default. Click the eye icon to the right of the password field to view your newly created password.
  1. Click Save to apply your changes.
Reminder
Make sure you update any email client(Microsoft Outlook, Mac Mail, iOS Mail, etc) or password manager with your newly created passsword

If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support

Delete an Existing Email Account

Before deleting an Email Account, make sure you have a backup or do not have any concern over losing data.

This action is irreversible

MultipleDomains
If you have multiple domains hosted on a single DirectAdmin account, click on the domain name where you see Domain: yourdomain.com (your domain is a blue hyperlink located near the search field) to toggle between the domains to then manage your email accounts.

  1. Login to your DirectAdmin Account as the User

  2. Using the Menu, navigate to Account Manager > Email Accounts

  3. Next to the account you wish to Delete, check the box (you can delete multiple accounts at once)

  4. After checking the box, a row of options will appear. Click Delete

Additional Options
Suspend
Unsuspend
Purge

If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support

Access Roundcube Webmail

After you’ve created an email account, you may wish to access your email account in your web browser by using Webmail.

Access webmail in your browser by opening it and typing in yourdomain.com/roundcube/ (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name)
Once the webmail page loads, enter your full email address and password to login

Access Webmail through the DirectAdmin control panel

Login to your DirectAdmin control panel

Scroll down until you find the E-mail Manager section and click E-mail Accounts (shown in the image below)

DirectAdmin E-Mail Manager Screen
DirectAdmin E-Mail Manager Screen

Here you will see a list of all of your email accounts. Click the blue icon to the right of the email account you want to access and it will automatically log you in to that account.

MultipleDomains
If you have multiple domains hosted on a single DirectAdmin account, click on the domain name where you see Domain: yourdomain.com (your domain is a blue hyperlink located near the search field) to toggle between the domains to then manage your email accounts.
DirectAdmin E-Mail Account List
DirectAdmin E-Mail Account List
Related Links of Interest

SpamAssassin Setup

Spam Filters

If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support

DirectAdmin Email Official Documentation