Q:Is there a setting I can use to have my email server delete emails automatically after X number of days? Can you perform this from the cpanel? Old emails from some email accounts are stacked up on the server.
- Go to the “Email” area after signing into your cPanel account of Web Hosting.
- Select the email account for which you wish to configure the retention policy by clicking on “Email Accounts” and then doing so.
- Click “Manage” next to “Email Disk Usage” in the “Mailbox Quota” section.
- You can create retention policies to remove emails that are more than a specific number of days old in the “Mailbox Cleanup” section. Additionally, you have the option of deleting emails that exceed a specific size.
- To put the retention policies into effect after configuring them, click “Save Changes”.
- Keep in mind that enabling retention policies will permanently delete emails from the server. Therefore, make sure you have a backup of important emails before setting up a retention policy.
Remember that implementing retention policies will result in the server’s permanent deletion of all emails. Therefore, before creating a retention policy, ensure sure you have a backup of any relevant emails.