Creating Accounts

Web site owners can use cPanel to create email accounts, available through the standard protocols including POP, IMAP, and SMTP, all with or without SSL encryption. cPanel also supports Push Email via IMAP IDLE, enabling fast incoming and outgoing mail delivery designed with mobile users in mind.

Webmail Access

cPanel provides several web-based interfaces for checking email, including Horde, Roundcube, and SquirrelMail. You have the ability to access your email from any web browser, as well as configure many account options including email forwarding and auto-responders.

Email Forwarding

cPanel users can set up email forwarding which allows account holders to have an address at one domain (such as [email protected]) and forward incoming messages to another (such as [email protected]).

Email Filtering

For power users, mail filtering is available for improved organization and handling of incoming mail, as well as a mailing list function to enable your users to engage in discussions via email.

Backups

Backing up data is simple with cPanel’s “Backup Wizard.” With a few clicks, cPanel will make a full backup of your databases, email, and web sites, which you can download to your computer or send to another server over SCP or FTP.

Databases

cPanel makes it easy to manage databases. All of your database tasks, ranging from creating databases to manually editing tables, can be done through cPanel. As a standard, cPanel supports MySQL databases, with the ability to add PostgreSQL as well.

Easy Setup Wizard

To minimize setup time, cPanel includes a “Getting Started Wizard,” which will walk you through the initial configuration of your account. Step-by-step tutorials, on-screen documentation, and other useful information is available through the Wizard.

Manage Domain Names

While most Web site owners manage only one domain for their Webhosting account, there are many others who use a combination of domains. Through cPanel, you have the ability to manage:

• Subdomains are your domain (example.com), with a prefix (sub.example.com).
• Parked Domains are additional addresses that point to the website.
• Add-on domains are addresses that can point to a specific section of your hosting, allowing you to run several Web sites from your account.

Managing Files

With cPanel, you have several options for managing your website content.

• Easily upload and manage web pages in cPanel’s File Manager
• Drag and drop files into your account using cPanel’s Web Disk feature
• Utilize traditional file transfer methods (including FTP, SFTP, and FTPS).
• In addition to offering various file management tools, cPanel & WHM makes it easy to manage FTP accounts for employees or colleagues, enabling other users to upload files with optional security restrictions.