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How To Check Email Disk Usage – Explained By Hostripples

In the previous blog, we discussed how to set up Calendars and Contacts in cPanel. In this blog, we will be discussing Email Disk Usage.

Email Disk Usage:

If your mailbox is full, then using this feature you can recover the disk space by deleting the old messages from your mailbox.

For accessing this feature :

Log into your cPanel > >Navigate to the Email >> Under it you will find an option “Email Disk Usage”

Once you select this option, the following interface will appear:

  • Account: Select the account which you want to modify from the given drop-down menu.
  • Search: You can use the search box for searching a specific mailbox.

You will see a table containing information about Mailbox Name, # of Messages, and Disk Usage.

Let’s discuss each of these options in detail :

The Mailbox names are INBOX, Junk, Trash, Sent.

# of Messages:- It displays the number of messages for the address or in the mailbox folder.

Disk Usage: – It shows the amount of disk usage by each mailbox in KB, MB, GB, etc.

Actions:- Here you will find actions available for the Mailbox. For performing actions like deleting messages, click “Manage” next to the Mailbox name. The following interface will appear:

Perform the following steps for deleting the message :

  1. Click “Manage” next to the Mailbox Name.
  2. Select an option for the removal of the message from the drop-down menu like 1 year or more, 30MB in size or more, Previously viewed, All Messages, or Custom Query.
  3. If you want to delete the message permanently, then click “Delete Permanently”
  4. You will receive a successful completion of the action message.

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