How to create an email account in Plesk

1. Log in to Plesk.

2. Go to Domains > example.com > Email Addresses and click Create Email Address.

   Note: Email Addresses and Email Settings will be hidden in domain dashboard, if the mail management is disabled server-wide.

3. Fill in the fields and click OK.

   • Leave the Mailbox checkbox selected. Clear this checkbox if it is needed to use this email address as a mail forwarder, which will forward all incoming mail to another address.

   

1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).

2. To create an email account, run the following command (on Windows Server, use a command prompt as an Administrator):

   # plesk bin mail --create john_doe@example.com -passwd "your_password" -mailbox true

3. To get the list of mail accounts, run the following command:

   # plesk bin mail --list

    

   To learn more about the 'plesk bin mail' utility options, refer to these Plesk Documentation pages:

   • Mail Accounts - Linux

   • Mail Accounts - Windows

Note: Replace 203.0.113.2 and ce8b9a38-4410-XXX with the required server IP address and API key from step 2 in exactly the same way as all the
custom settings in the commands below.

Note: In step 2, the API key should be generated from the Plesk server where the request for creating an email account is run.

1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).

2. Generate a API key:

   # curl -k -X POST --user admin:"<password>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -d"{}" "https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/auth/keys"

   or

   # plesk bin secret_key -c -ip-address 203.0.113.2

3. Create an email account via REST API:

   # curl -k -X POST -H "X-API-Key: ce8b9a38-4410-XXX" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" "https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/cli/mail/call" -d '{ "params": ["--create", "jdoe@example.com", "-passwd", "<password>", "-mailbox", "true"]}'

    

   To learn more about REST API, refer to these Plesk Documentation pages:

   • About REST API | Plesk Obsidian documentation