{"id":4314,"date":"2018-01-31T20:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/01\/31\/how-to-enable-autoconfig-and-autodiscover-for-cpanel\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:39:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:39:19","slug":"how-to-enable-autoconfig-and-autodiscover-for-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-enable-autoconfig-and-autodiscover-for-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable AutoConfig and AutoDiscover for cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be frustrating filling in your email settings every time you want to set up a new email account. Using an email client like <a href=\"\/support\/email\/creating-an-email-account-in-thunderbird\/\">Thunderbird<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/support-mkt.cloud.imhwebdev.net\/support\/email\/2016\/\">Microsoft Outlook<\/a> makes the process easier. But, you will need to look up your email account and server information. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if you could just do it in a few easy steps like this?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter email and password<\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018Next\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Account setup complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AutoConfig and AutoDiscover does this for you. With these features enabled in your cPanel accounts, email setup for you and your other cPanel users (if you have them) can be completed in a snap. All you need to do is enter your email and password into Thunderbird or Outlook and they will automatically find the necessary server settings. In this article, we\u2019re going to show you <strong>how to enable AutoConfig and AutoDiscover for cPanel<\/strong> email accounts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"><a href=\" https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/cpanel-account-management\/obtain-root-access%20\">Root access<\/a> to Web Host Manager is required in order to enable this feature. In order to <a href=\" https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/cpanel-account-management\/obtain-root-access%20\">obtain root access<\/a>, you must have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/dedicated-servers\">Dedicated Hosting<\/a> plan.<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"enable-autoconfig-autodiscover\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How to Enable AutoConfig and AutoDiscover for cPanel<\/h2>\n<p>In order to enable the feature, you must log into WHM (Web Host Manager) as the root user. This means you will use the username <em>root<\/em>, as explained in our full guide on <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">how to log into WHM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><!-- cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-01.bmp --><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">Log into WHM as the <em>root<\/em> user<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-01.bmp\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" title=\"Log into WHM as the root user\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-01.bmp\" alt=\"Log into WHM as root\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-02.bmp -->Search for <em>Tweak Settings<\/em> and select it<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-02.bmp\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" title=\"Go to the options for Tweak Settings\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-02.bmp\" alt=\"Tweak settings WHM\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-03.bmp -->Search for the <em>Domains<\/em> section<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-03.bmp\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" title=\"Look for the Domains section\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-03.bmp\" alt=\"Go to the domains section\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-04.bmp --><b>Enable<\/b> <em>Thunderbird and Outlook autodiscover and autoconfig support<\/em><br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-04.bmp\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" title=\"Enable Thunderbid and Outlook AutoDiscover and AutoConfig\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-04.bmp\" alt=\"Turn on the AutoConfig and AutoDiscover feature\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-05.bmp -->Click <b>Save<\/b><br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-05.bmp\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" title=\"Click Save\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cm-imh-cpanelAutoConfig_-05.bmp\" alt=\"Save\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>Well done! You should now be able to automatically add email accounts to your Thunderbird, Outlook, and virtually any other email client with just your email and password.<\/p>\n<p>You may want to read over these articles about setting up accounts with Thunderbird and Outlook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/email\/creating-an-email-account-in-thunderbird\/\">Checking an email account in Thunderbird<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support-mkt.cloud.imhwebdev.net\/support\/email\/2016\/\">New email account in Outlook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions about this article, feel free to leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be frustrating filling in your email settings every time you want to set up a new email account. Using an email client like Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook makes the process easier. But, you will need to look up your email account and server information. 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