Creating Email by command line on DirectAdmin is very simple with 3 steps..
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Implementation Guide
Step 1: SSH into your DirectAdmin system
To create Email using the command line on DirectAdmin, first we need SSH or visit VPS or your server with permissions root prior to. If you don’t know how SSH into the VPS or Server you can refer to the following tutorial article:
After having SSH Successfully we continue with step 2 to create Email by command line on DirectAdmin.
Step 2: Create Email with command line
DirectAdmin provides its own command so that users can quickly create Email accounts for a specific domain, without having to create it through the DirectAdmin interface. This saves you a lot of time when you need to create Emails in large numbers.
- Command structure for creating Email
First, run the command below to see the structure of the command to create an Email account.
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/add_email.sh
After running the above command will display the content below:

/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/add_email.sh <user> <domain> '<cryptedpass>' <plaintext> <quota>
You guys notice my line boldthis is the structure of the command to create Email, including values in turn <user> <domain> ‘<cryptedpass>’ <plaintext> <quota>
Now I will create an actual Email with the information that the Email I will create is:
- Account: [email protected]
- Password: matkhau123
- Quota: 500MB
And here is the actual create command:
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/add_email.sh admin thegioibecon.com matkhau123 1 $((500*1024*1024))

Step 3: Check Email
After you have created the Email using the command line, now log in to DirectAdmin to check.
And as shown below, in the E-mail Accounts Already have Email [email protected].

Now, you use that information to log in webmail Try it and see if it works. And as shown below, I have also successfully logged into webmail.

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