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Create a new email address within a Mail Service
Update 07/13/2026
This guide explains how to create an email address using the Infomaniak Mail Service, the powerful and secure solution for hosting your email addresses.
Introduction
- To create multiple email addresses in bulk, please refer to this other guide.
- To delete one or more email addresses, please refer to this other guide.
Creating an Address in a Mail Service
Prerequisites
- You must have a Mail Service in your Infomaniak Manager.
- You must be an Administrator or Legal Representative within the Organization.
- You must have a quota of available addresses or adjust it beforehand if necessary.
Next, to create a new email address:
- Click here to access the management of your Mail Service in the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the Mail Service in question:

- Click on the blue Create an email address button in the upper right corner:

- Enter the name that will make up the email address.
- Click the button to continue:

- Select the creation method that suits your needs:

An address for you or other users [ ☍ ]
- Example: make the address directly visible in your Mail interface, or send invitations so that others can use it.
A secondary (alias) address [ ☍ ] that will not be counted towards the main quota
- Requires you to have a primary email address, to which the new name will be linked.
An address that is only used to forward emails [ ☍ ] that will not be counted towards the main quota
- You will not be able to send messages from this address, but only forward incoming emails to the existing address of your choice.
- Click the button to continue after making your choice.
Additional actions (button )
Click the chevron to the right of the Create an email address button to access additional actions:
- Create a generic email address of the following type:
- no-reply (for sending confirmations, validations, invoices, etc.)
- catchall (allows you to receive all messages for which there is no specific email address on your domain)
- Create multiple email addresses: allows you to create multiple email addresses at once using a
CSVfile. - Create “virtual” addresses that serve as redirects.
- Import content from other email addresses.
Link to this FAQ: https://faq.infomaniak.com/1993
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