# Mailcow: How to create new email addresses

- you need the admin credentials of the email system to add an email address
- log into https://admin.galae.net/domainadmin/mailbox with the admin credentials
- click on the tab 'Mailboxes'
- the URL should be https://admin.galae.net/domainadmin/mailbox
- click on the green button '+Add mailbox'
- you should see a pop up titled 'Add mailbox' 
- on the row 'Username (left part of an email address)', add the username, e.g. if you want to create bob@example.com write 'bob'
- on the row 'Domain', select the domain name e.g. example.com
- on the row 'Password' click 'generate'
- on the row 'Quota' type '1024'; that is the size of the mailbox, for storage
- scroll to the bottom of the screen
- tick the box 'Force password update at next login'
- click 'Add'
- you should see the email address you created in the list https://admin.galae.net/domainadmin/mailbox
- send the password and email address to the user; the user will be prompted to change the password at first log in.