UAPI Functions - Email::passwd_pop

Description

This function changes an email account's password.

Examples 


 cPanel or Webmail Session URL

https://hostname.example.com:2083/cpsess##########/execute/Email/passwd_pop?email=user&password=12345luggage&domain=example.com

 LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
// Update user@example.com's password.
$new_passwd $cpanel->uapi(
    'Email''passwd_pop',
    array(
        'email'           => 'user',
        'password'        => '12345luggage',
        'domain'          => 'example.com',
        )
);

 LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
# Update user@example.com's password.
my $new_passwd $cpliveapi->uapi(
    'Email''passwd_pop',
    {
        'email'           => 'user',
        'password'        => '12345luggage',
        'domain'          => 'example.com',
    }
);

 cPanel Template Toolkit

<!-- Update user@example.com's password. -->
[% execute('Email', 'passwd_pop', { 'email' => 'user', 'password' => '12345luggage', 'domain' => 'example.com' } ) %]

 Command Line

uapi --user=username Email passwd_pop email=user password=12345luggage domain=example.com

 

Notes:

  • You must URI-encode values.
  • username represents your account-level username.

 Output (JSON)

   "messages":null,
   "errors":null,
   "status":1,
   "metadata":{ 
 
   },
   "data":null
}

 

Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

 

Parameters

 Parameter 

 Type 

Description

Possible values

Example

email

 string 

Required

The email account username or address.

  • A valid email account username. For example, user if the email address is user@example.com. 
  • A valid email address.

user

password

string

Required

The email account password.

A secure password.

 12345luggage 

domain

string

The email account's domain.

 This parameter defaults to the cPanel account's main domain. 

A valid domain on the cPanel account.

For example, example.com if the email address isuser@example.com.

example.com

 

Returns

This function only returns metadata.

  • 8 Users Found This Useful
Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

The cPanel Interface

For  cPanel  &  WHM  version  58 Overview The cPanel interface is...

User Preferences

For cPanel & WHM version 58 Overview This document outlines how to access your cPanel...

Manage External Authentications

For cPanel & WHM version 58 Overview Manage credentials Additional documentation...

What is cPanelID?

In This Article:  Overview ServicesHow to get a cPanelID cPanelID External...

Guide to cPanel Interface Customization - cPanel Style Development

Introduction You can develop custom styles that modify the appearance of the cPanel interface....