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Email Accounts - Change the Mailbox Size Quota

You can easily update the quota or disk space limit for an email account. This article will explain how to make this change.

Changing the quota of an email account

  1. Log into your HostGator Control Panel.
  2. Open the Email Accounts tool, located in the Mail section of the cPanel.
  3. Click Details to the right of the email account.
  4. Click Change Mailbox Quota
  5. Enter the new quota for the email account.
  6. Click the Change button to save the new quota.


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