Mailbox Full? Storage Limits Explained

Every mailbox has a storage limit (quota). Here's what happens when one fills up, and how to stay ahead of it.

What happens when a mailbox is full

When a mailbox reaches its limit, new incoming mail is rejected and the sender receives a bounce message. Nothing already in the mailbox is lost — but you stop receiving new email until space is freed.

Important: there's no automatic warning email when a mailbox is nearly full, so it pays to check occasionally.

Checking your usage

1. Log in to your Tech Temple account, go to Services, select your hosting service, and click Login to Panel.
2. Select your website and open the Emails tab.
3. Each mailbox shows its usage against its limit. (You can also see usage on your service's Hosting tab in your Tech Temple account.)

Freeing up space

• Empty the Trash and Spam folders in webmail — deleted mail still counts until the Trash is emptied.
• Delete large attachments. Sort by size in webmail and clear out old messages with big files; save anything important to your computer or cloud storage first.
• Watch the Sent folder — years of sent attachments add up.
• If you use a mail app on POP (rather than IMAP), you can set it to remove older messages from the server after downloading.

Need more space?

If a mailbox genuinely needs a bigger limit, the quota can be increased in the control panel's mailbox settings — or open a support ticket and we'll adjust it with you.