(cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Email Accounts)
Overview
Webmail allows you to access your email accounts through any browser. You may wish to use this feature if you need to check your email but cannot currently access your own computer.
Note:
If you use POP3 protocol to download email to a mail client, it will not update the server when you read mail. Because of this, mail that you viewed in the mail client will appear unread in the Webmail interface. We suggest that you switch to IMAP for email if your hosting provider uses IMAP.
Access Webmail
To access Webmail directly, navigate to https://example.com:2096, where example.com represents your email address's domain. For more information, read our How to Log in to Your Server or Account documentation.
To access Webmail via the cPanel interface, navigate to cPanel's Email Accounts interface (cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Email Accounts). Then, in the Email Accounts tab, locate the email account in the list and click Access Webmail. The Webmail interface will open in a new browser tab.
Default Webmail application
If you have not logged in to Webmail before, or if you have not set a default, the initial Webmail interface will display the logos for three Webmail applications.
- Click an application's logo to access Webmail via that application. For more information to help you choose a Webmail application, read our Which Webmail Application Should I Choose documentation.
- Click Set as Default to automatically open Webmail in the selected application each time that you log in.
Disk usage
The top-right corner of the interface displays your email account's current disk usage. Click this value to navigate to the Email Disk Usage interface (cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Email Disk Usage), which you can use to ensure that you do not exceed your quota.
cPanel users can change the quota for email accounts in the Email Accounts interface (cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Email Accounts).
User Settings
In the top-right corner of the interface, click your email address to access the User Settings menu.
You can set any of listed interfaces as the default interface when you log in to Webmail. For example, if you click the star icon (
) for the Track Delivery option in the menu, when you log in, Webmail will automatically open in the Track Delivery interface (cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Track Delivery).
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Mail client configuration
This interface also displays information and tools to help you configure your local mail client.
- To download a script to automatically configure your mail client, click the desired protocol for that client under Mail Client Automatic Configuration Scripts. Then, click Proceed and follow the displayed instructions for your client and operating system.
- To manually configure your mail client, use the information under Mail Client Manual Settings. We strongly recommend that you use the displayed SSL/TLS settings.
- To send the manual configuration settings as an email, enter the recipient address in the Email Instructions text box and click Send.