Valid for versions 82 through the latest version
Last modified: June 30, 2021
Overview
This interface allows you to set up email forwarders from your system email accounts to another email account.
System email forwards
We recommend that you forward the system email accounts to a cPanel email account. For example, you can forward email for the nobody and cpanel system email accounts to the root account, and then forward email from the root system email account to another email account on the system.
If you forward a system email account to a cPanel username, WHM forwards the email for the system account to that cPanel accounts default email address. To check this mail, click Access Webmail under the Default Email Account heading in cPanels Email Accounts interface (cPanel » Home » Email » Email Accounts).
System email accounts
WHM sends notifications about your server status and events to system email accounts.
- You cannot use cPanels Webmail feature to access the system email accounts.
- If you do not forward email for these accounts, use your
rootWHM password with a mail client to log in to each system email account.
The following table describes each of the system email accounts:
| System email account name | Description | Default system email account address |
|---|---|---|
| root | The root system email account receives notifications about problems and activity on the server. WHM uses this address as the server administrators primary contact address.
Important:
The system configuration determines where the email for the
root account goes if you do not forward the root system email accounts email. |
root@hostname.example.com |
| nobody | If you disable the suEXEC feature, when a CGI script sends an email and it receives a bounce message in response, the system delivers the bounce message to the nobody email account. |
nobody@hostname.example.com |
| cpanel | The cpanel email account receives alerts that WHM sends about users cPanel accounts (for example, quota and bandwidth overage notices). |
cpanel@hostname.example.com |
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In the table above,
hostname.example.comis your servers hostname. -
To configure your servers hostname, use WHMs Change Hostname interface (WHM » Home » Networking Setup » Change Hostname).
