{"id":14132,"date":"2021-10-04T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14132"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:48:33","slug":"set-email-quota-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/set-email-quota-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Email Quota in cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this video for a step by step process on How to Set Email Quota in cPanel<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5vz0IBd59s\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It is a requirement that the hosting users deploy a limiter to prevent abuse of resources usage. In this article, you will learn to set an email quota with your cPanel account. With this, the hosting user can send only a set amount of emails from its account without exceeding the allowed memory space.<\/p>\n<h2>To Set Email Quota<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to the <strong>EMAIL<\/strong> section and click the <strong>Email Accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/email-accounts-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1129\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A list of all active email accounts on your hosting will appear.<\/p>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>Manage<\/strong> for the email account to set its quota.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cp_email_manage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1820\" height=\"614\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MANAGE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT form will appear.<\/p>\n<p>4. Enter the quota as the <strong>Allocated Storage Space<\/strong>\u00a0for the email account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cp_email_allocated_storage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. 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