{"id":8987,"date":"2021-01-08T06:07:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=8987"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:14:31","slug":"enable-spam-filters-from-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/enable-spam-filters-from-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Spam Filters From cPanel to Decrease Incoming Email Spam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to filter out unwanted messages\/spams, you need to activate the Spam Filters anti-spam tool from cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>1. Log into cPanel.<br \/>\n2. Go to the <strong>Email <\/strong>section and click on <strong>Spam Filters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/spam-filters-min-1024x327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because by default, Spam Filters will be disabled, you will need to enable it. For this enable <strong>Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/process-new-emails-min-1024x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Filters<\/strong> section and enable the <strong>Automatically Delete New Spam (Auto-Delete)<\/strong> option. This will help in automatically deleting those messages that <strong>Spam Filters<\/strong> marks as spam. i.e., with a Spam score of <strong>\u201c5\u201d<\/strong> or higher than it will be deleted. The spam score can be set from the <strong>Spam Threshold Score<\/strong>. Remember the default and recommended spam score is <strong>&#8220;5&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automatically-delete-new-spam-min-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then click on the <strong>Show Additional Configurations<\/strong> option under <strong>Additional Configurations (For Advanced Users)<\/strong> to Whitelist\/Blacklist any of the Email accounts in cPanel Spam Filter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/show-additional-config-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Steps to Whitelist an Email account in cPanel using Spam Filter<\/h3>\n<p>1. Click on the link <strong>Edit Spam Whitelist Setting<\/strong>. Next click on the link <strong>Add a new whitelist_from<\/strong> item.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/edit-spam-whitelist-setting-min-1024x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" \/><br \/>\n2. Enter the below email accounts in whitelist_from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>user@yourdomain.com<\/strong> \u2013 The email account that you want to whitelist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>*@yourdomain.com<\/strong> \u2013 Use star(*) if you want to whitelist all the email accounts of any domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. Next, click on <strong>Update Whitelist (whitelist_from)<\/strong> button to save the settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/update-whitelist-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Steps to Blacklist an Email account in cPanel using Spam Filter<\/h3>\n<p>1. Click on the link <strong>Edit Spam Blacklist Setting<\/strong>. Then click on <strong>Add a new blacklist_from<\/strong> item.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/edit-spam-blacklist-settings-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"275\" \/><br \/>\n2. Enter the below email accounts in blacklist_from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>user@yourdomain.com<\/strong> &#8211; The email account that you want to blacklist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>*@yourdomain.com<\/strong> &#8211; Use star(*) if you want to blacklist all the email accounts of any domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>Update Blacklist (blacklist_from)<\/strong> to save the settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/update-blacklist-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this way, you can enable Spam Filters from cPanel to reduce incoming spam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to filter out unwanted messages\/spams, you need to activate the Spam Filters anti-spam tool from cPanel. 1. Log into cPanel. 2. Go to the Email section and click on Spam Filters. 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