{"id":12808,"date":"2017-09-12T14:43:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?page_id=12808"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:35:14","slug":"create-an-email-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/kb\/create-an-email-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an email account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we&#8217;re going to walk you through the process of setting up an email account (address) on your AwardSpace server.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Types of Accounts Do You Offer?<\/h2>\n<p>There are three types of accounts that can be created in the Control Panel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email Address<\/li>\n<li>Catch-all Address<\/li>\n<li>Email Alias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read our article for more information on how to create a Catch-all email account <a href=\"\/kb\/create-a-catch-all-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. If you are interested in creating an Email Alias you can read the article <a href=\"\/kb\/how-to-create-an-email-alias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Create an Email Alias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"email_address\">\n<h2>What is an Email Address and How to Set Up One?<\/h2>\n<p>An email account is the address of an electronic mailbox that can deliver and receive messages.<\/p>\n<p>Creating an email account can be achieved by following the below steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign in to your AwardSpace <a href=\"\/user-login\/\">website hosting<\/a> account.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Email Accounts <a href=\"https:\/\/cp1.awardspace.net\/beta\/email-manager\/#accounts\">page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Create E-mail Account<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Fill in all the required fields (as shown below).<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"email account\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/email-account1.png\" data-featherlight=\"image\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15434 aw-border-img alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/email-account1.png\" alt=\"email account\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before you&#8217;re able to create an e-mail account on your server, you must either <a href=\"\/kb\/register-domain-name\/\">register<\/a>, <a href=\"\/kb\/transfer-domain-name\/\">transfer<\/a> or <a href=\"\/kb\/host-existing-domain\/\">host<\/a> a domain in your AwardSpace web hosting account. Paid customers can also create e-mail accounts with <a href=\"\/kb\/register-subdomain\/\">sub-domain names<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Free hosting account users cannot create an email address with a sub-domain name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Email addresses can only contain numbers (0-9), letters (a-z), underlines (_), hyphens (\u2010), and dots (.). Special characters and spaces must be omitted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"quota-change\">\n<h2>How Can I Change my Email Quota?<\/h2>\n<p>In order to configure a higher quota for an email account, click on your email address and open the <strong>Information<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"email account\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/email-account2.png\" data-featherlight=\"image\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15434 aw-border-img alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/email-account2.png\" alt=\"email account 2\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The maximum quota that can be set for an e-mail account on a paid server is 3GB (3000MB). On a Free web server, the limit is 50MB.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"delete-account\">\n<h2>What Will Happen if I Delete my Email Address?<\/h2>\n<p>If you happen to delete a mailbox from the server, all the data associated with it (including its settings, filters, and aliases) will also be erased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: We do not keep backups on our mail server, so please make sure you save your data before deleting an email account!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we&#8217;re going to walk you through the process of setting up an email account (address) on your AwardSpace server. &nbsp; What Types of Accounts Do You Offer? 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