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Mailboxes

Questions Considered:
  • Understanding mailboxes
  • Creating mailboxes
  • Removing mailboxes
  • Mailbox password
  • Discarding all incoming mail
Understanding Mailboxes
Mailboxes are used to send and receive e-mails via client based mail software and can store mail on the hosting mail server.


Creating Mailboxes
To create mailboxes in addition to webmaster and postmaster mailboxes obligatory created on each maildomain:

Click New E-mail in the E-mail Setup Functions section:


On the configuration page that you will be taken to, do the following:

  • Enter mailbox name in the Email address field.
  • Check the Catch All box to collect email messages sent to a nonexistent account on the mail domain. (This can mean a very large amount of spam will arrive in your mailbox)Check the box next to MAILBOX and configure:
  • Password: see below.
  • Comment: enter description to help identify the mailbox.
  • Discard All Incoming Mail: see below.
  • Alias by: use this option for mass creation of mail aliases. Enter alias names (without the @ part) separated by ',' or ';' or 'SPACE'.
  • Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

Removing Mailboxes
To remove a mailbox preserving other services running on this e-mail address:

To remove a mailbox preserving other services running on this e-mail address:

  • Click the mailbox e-mail address in the E-mail list on the maildomain Controls page
  • Uncheck Mailbox
  • Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

To remove a mailbox with other mail services running on this e-mail address, click the Trash icon in the mailbox Properites entry on the Mail Controls page*

*The postmaster mailbox can't be deleted
* To delete a Catch All mailbox, first switch Catch All off.

Mailbox Storage Quota
Your mailbox storage is limited by the specifications of your plan, You can tell the limit of your plan by the initial size of the created mailbox.

Mailbox Password
Mailbox password is an alphanumeric combination that authenticates logging into the mailbox. It is required when you are logging into the mailbox outside your control panel or when you configure an external mail client to access your mailbox.

To change mailbox password:

  • Click the e-mail address in the E-mail list on the mail domain controls page.
  • In the Mailbox section enter a new password in the Password and Confirm password fields.
  • Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

Discarding all incoming mail
If you don't need ALL your incoming mail, you can configure your mailbox to discard all incoming mail.
In this case senders won't receive 'undelivered mail' notifications.

  • Click the mailbox e-mail address in the E-mail list on the maildomain controls page.
  • In the Mailbox section check the Discard All Incoming Mail box.
  • Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.


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Last Updated
30th of January, 2009

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