cPanel UAPI / Email
cPanel UAPI set_default_address
Find the endpoint, CLI syntax and practical purpose of this cPanel command, with a direct link to the official documentation.
What this command does
The cPanel documentation summary for this operation is: Create default email address.
In Hostilla.pl this page helps identify the exact API operation before using automation, reseller integrations or a support request.
Command details
- API
- cPanel UAPI 11.136.0.25
- Category
- Method and path
- GET /Email/set_default_address
- Operation ID
- set_default_address
- CLI example
- uapi --user=USER Email set_default_address
Practical request workflow
cPanel UAPI set_default_address should be run only after the target account and expected result are known. Start with a read-only lookup when one is available, then make the smallest required change and verify the resource again.
- Confirm the cPanel account, domain and full mailbox or mail-routing target.
- Read the current mailbox, quota, forwarder or DNS state before changing it.
- Send only the parameters required by set_default_address and keep credentials outside logs.
- Read the returned status and perform a second lookup or delivery test.
CLI request example
uapi --user=USER Email set_default_addressHow to read the response
For e-mail operations, verify the returned account, domain, quota or routing data and then test the mailbox or DNS state. Treat validation and policy errors as a request-data problem before retrying.
Record the request time, account and domain together with the returned status. A successful transport response does not by itself prove that the requested resource was created, changed or deleted exactly as intended.
Questions before automation
What permission does cPanel UAPI set_default_address require?
Use the target cPanel account context or a least-privilege token allowed to perform this function.
What should I check before running set_default_address?
Confirm the cPanel account, domain and full mailbox or mail-routing target. Read the current mailbox, quota, forwarder or DNS state before changing it.
How do I confirm that set_default_address worked?
For e-mail operations, verify the returned account, domain, quota or routing data and then test the mailbox or DNS state. Treat validation and policy errors as a request-data problem before retrying.
Hostilla.pl usage notes
UAPI commands normally act inside a single cPanel account. Use the least-privilege token or the account context required for the task.
Need this operation for your hosting account? Contact Hostilla.pl support with the account name, domain and expected result. We will help select a safe API path.