# How to Create an Email Account (https://docs.voonami.io/docs/web-hosting/email/how-to-create-an-email-account)

Communication is key. Without it, a great many tasks fail to get accomplished.  Setting up email accounts through your web hosting is a great way to tie email accounts to your business and domain(s) so communication flows freely.  Let's get an account setup with you!

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1. Login to your [cPanel](/docs/web-hosting/how-to-login-to-cpanel) account.
2. Once you are in cPanel's home page, located the 'Mail' section towards the top, then select the Email Accounts icon.

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3. Click the +Create button to add a new email account.

![image-20240710-232517.png](/images/8258390/image-20240710-232517.png)

4. You should now be on a screen that contains a form to fill out information regarding the new email account you are about to create.

![image-20240710-232606.png](/images/8258390/image-20240710-232606.png)

5. Enter the email address you want to use.  Note that the '@domain.com' ending to the address is already included.
6. Select a password for your email account.  The password will not be accepted until is has a password strength of at least 50.
7. Click the Edit Settings to change the Mailbox Quota. You can select the value to be any number or MB, or unlimited.

![image-20240710-232707.png](/images/8258390/image-20240710-232707.png)

8. Once the details have been added, select the Create Account button below to generate the email account, which will then appear below the form in a list with other email accounts.

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