cPanel Spam Filters
Once you are logged into cPanel, scroll down to the Email section and click Spam Filters
If Apache SpamAssassin is not enabled, click the toggle to enable it. You will then see the screen below.
If you wish to automatically delete spam messages without even seeing them in your spam folder, toggle on the Process new emails and mark them as spam option.
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Difficulty Level: Medium
Whitelisting and Blacklisting are both very useful tools for filtering spam and making sure that you receive all messages from certain domains.
After you’ve enabled Apache SpamAssassin™, follow these steps to Whitelist (Allow) and Blacklist (Deny) specific emails and/or entire domains.
Return to the Apache SpamAssassin™ page within cPanel
If you are on the main Tools page, click Spam Filters, shown in the image below
Click on Configure Apache SpamAssassin™
Blacklisting
Blacklisting allows you to block specific email addresses and/or all email addresses from a given domain. This is very useful when you’re working to cut out unwanted spam from your inbox.
In our example, entering example@example.com
would block all emails sent from this address but it would still allow sales@example.com
or support@example.com
(any other email address from this domain) to be delivered to your inbox.
If you enter *@example.com
, all email addresses from this domain would be discarded and you will never see them in your inbox.
Of course you’ll need to replace example@example.com
or *@example.com
with the actual address or domain that you want to block from emailing you.
Whitelisting
Whitelisting is the exact opposite and it’s designed to make sure that you always receive emails from the accounts and/or domains that you enter in this section, regardless of your spam filter settings.
In our example, if you add example@example.com
in the Whitelist section, you will ALWAYS receive messages from this account. They will NEVER be filtered out and not delivered to you.
If you enter *@example.com
, all email addresses from this domain will ALWAYS be delivered to your inbox.
Of course you’ll need to replace example@example.com
or *@example.com
with the actual address or domain that you want to Whitelist.
Once you’re finished, click Save and you’re all set. You can add or remove addresses as often as you want.
If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support