# Email Server Information

Email / Email Server Information.

## Return BlackBerry FastMail support status

 - [GET /Email/check_fastmail](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-check_fastmail.md): This function checks whether BlackBerry® FastMail support is enabled.

Important:

  When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.

## Disable cPanel account mailbox autocreation

 - [GET /Email/disable_mailbox_autocreate](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-disable_mailbox_autocreate.md): This function disables the system's ability to automatically create mailboxes for a cPanel account.

Note:

  When you enable the UAPI's Email::enable_mailbox_autocreate function, the system automatically creates mailboxes. The system creates a new mailbox when it receives an email address in plus address format and that mailbox does not exist. For example, receiving an email from the user+newmailbox@example.com address creates the newmailbox mailbox if the newmailbox mailbox does not exist.

## Enable cPanel account mailbox autocreation

 - [GET /Email/enable_mailbox_autocreate](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-enable_mailbox_autocreate.md): This function allows the system to automatically create mailboxes for a cPanel account. The system will create a new mailbox when it receives an email address in plus address format and that mailbox does not exist. For example, receiving an email from the user+newmailbox@example.com address creates the newmailbox mailbox if the newmailbox mailbox does not exist.

Note:

  To disable this functionality, use the UAPI Email::disable_mailbox_autocreate function.

## Return server's supported character encodings

 - [GET /Email/fetch_charmaps](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-fetch_charmaps.md): This function lists the available character encodings.

Important:

When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.

## Start IMAP Full-Text Search scan for email account

 - [GET /Email/fts_rescan_mailbox](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-fts_rescan_mailbox.md): This function requests that the IMAP Full-Text Search Indexing (powered by Apache Solr™) plugin rescan an email account.

Note:

To enable this function, you must install the IMAP Full-Text Search Indexing (powered by Apache Solr™) plugin in WHM's Manage Plugins interface (WHM >> Home >> cPanel >> Manage Plugins). For more information, read our install_dovecot_fts script documentation.

Important:

When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.

## Return mail server's supported character encodings

 - [GET /Email/get_charsets](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-get_charsets.md): This function lists character encodings that the mail server supports.

Important:

When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.

## Return cPanel account's mailbox autocreate status

 - [GET /Email/get_mailbox_autocreate](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-get_mailbox_autocreate.md): This function checks whether a cPanel account will automatically create mailboxes when it receives an email address in plus address format.

Note:

To enable or disable this functionality, use the UAPI's Email::enable_mailbox_autocreate and Email::disable_mailbox_autocreate functions.

## Return whether plaintext authentication is enabled

 - [GET /Email/has_plaintext_authentication](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-has_plaintext_authentication.md): This function checks whether plaintext authentication is enabled on the Dovecot mail server.

Important:

  When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.

## Update Mail Exchanger type

 - [GET /Email/set_always_accept](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-set_always_accept.md): This function sets the Mail Exchanger (MX) type.

Note:

  This function only affects the cPanel configuration. You must configure the mail exchanger's DNS entry separately.

Important:

When you disable the DNS role, the system disables this function.

## Return eximstats SQLite database status

 - [GET /Email/stats_db_status](https://api.docs.cpanel.net/specifications/cpanel.openapi/email-server-information/email-stats_db_status.md): This function returns the status of the eximstats SQLite Database.

Important:

When you disable the Receive Mail role, the system disables this function.