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# Configuring e-mail accounts through webmail

> Set up and customize your email account directly in your web browser using the webmail interface.

This article describes how to configure an e-mail account through the webmail interface. Using the webmail interface, e-mail account users can change many account settings and preferences directly in their web browser, including:

* Autoresponders.

* Account password.

* Preferred webmail application.

* E-mail filters.

* E-mail forwarders.

## Configuring e-mail accounts through webmail

To configure an account using the webmail interface, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the e-mail account using the webmail interface.
   > 👍 Tip
   >
   > * For information about how to log in to webmail through cPanel, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-webmail-through-cpanel).
   >
   > * For information about how to log in to webmail directly, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-through-webmail).

2. The first time you log in to webmail, the main landing page appears:\
   ![cPanel - Webmail - Main landing page](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-78-webmail-main-landing-page.png)

3. Under **Change your webmail client**, click Roundcube.

4. You can perform additional configuration tasks from the main landing page:

   * Under **Manage Your Inbox**, to manage autoresponders, click **Autoresponders**. This option enables you to configure how automated messages are sent. You may want to do this, for example, if you are on vacation or unavailable.

   * Under **Manage Your Inbox**, to manage e-mail filters, click **Email Filters**. This option enables you to create filters for the account. For example, you can automatically delete incoming messages based on a number of criteria.

   * Under **Manage Your Inbox**, to manage forwarders, click **Forwarders**. This option enables you to create forwarders for the account. For example, you can forward incoming messages to another e-mail address.

   * Under **Edit Your Settings**, to manage calendars and contacts, click **Configure Calendar and Contacts Client**.

   * Under **Edit Your Settings**, to change your password, click **Password & Security**.

   * Under **Edit Your Settings**, to manage contact information, click **Contact Information**. This option enables you edit contact information for receiving account notifications and password reset confirmations.

   * Under **Edit Your Settings**, to manage webmail settings, click **Account Preferences**.

   * Under **Fight Spam**, to manage spam settings, click **Spam Filters**.

5. To open webmail, under **Open your inbox**, click **Open**.

   > 👍 Tip
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   > To automatically open your inbox and bypass the webmail landing page on subsequent logins, select the **Open my inbox when I log in** checkbox.

6. From the webmail interface, you can return to the main landing page at any time. In Roundcube, click **Webmail Home**:\
   ![Roundcube - Webmail Home](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-78-webmail-roundcube-return-to-landing-page.png)

## Related articles

* [Accessing webmail through cPanel](/docs/accessing-webmail-through-cpanel)

* [Accessing e-mail accounts through webmail](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-through-webmail)

* [Changing the time zone in webmail](/docs/changing-the-time-zone-in-webmail)

* [Importing and exporting webmail contacts](/docs/importing-and-exporting-webmail-contacts)

* [Adding signatures to webmail](/docs/add-signatures-to-webmail)