{"id":265,"date":"2024-01-23T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/?p=265"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:02:15","slug":"stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop unwanted e-mail using Spam Filters."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article will clearly explain how to stop unwanted emails using spam filter tool in cPanel. Spam Filters (powered by Apache SpamAssassin) is an automated filtering system that uses a variety of techniques to identify and filter spam messages.<\/p>\n<p>This interface allows you to configure the spam filter settings (powered by Apache SpamAssassin) for your account. Spam filters identify and sort or delete unsolicited email, commonly known as spam.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use this interface to configure your whitelist and blacklist settings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters\/#Spam_Filters\" >Spam Filters<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters\/#Enabling_Spam_Filters\" >Enabling Spam Filters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters\/#Configuring_Mail_Spam_Filters\" >Configuring Mail Spam Filters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/stop-unwanted-mail-using-spam-filters\/#Disabling_Spam_Filters\" >Disabling Spam Filters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 id=\"Spam-Filters\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spam_Filters\"><\/span>Spam Filters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Spam filters are tools designed to identify and filter out unwanted or unsolicited emails, commonly known as spam. These filters use various techniques to analyze incoming emails and determine whether they are likely to be legitimate or unwanted. The goal is to reduce the amount of spam that reaches a user&#8217;s inbox, improving the overall email experience.<\/p>\n<p>When you enable Spam Filters, powered by Apache Spam Assassin it uses scores to rate the likelihood that a message is spam. You can manage messages that Spam Filters marks as spam in a number of ways.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you can route messages marked as spam to specific folders, or you can automatically delete them.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"Enabling-Spam-Filters\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enabling_Spam_Filters\"><\/span>Enabling Spam Filters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>login to cpanel &gt;&gt; under Email &gt;&gt; Spam filters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-266 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filter-1024x431.jpg\" alt=\"spam filters\" width=\"1024\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filter-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filter-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filter-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filter.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the <span class=\"UI\">Spam Filters<\/span> page, click Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam.<\/p>\n<p>This is the toggle to enable to identify the potential SPAM.Apache SpamAssassin examines every message for spam characteristics and assigns them a calculated spam score. This calculated spam score helps determine the likelihood that a message contains spam.<\/p>\n<p>To enable auto-deletion of spam messages, click Automatically Delete New Spam (Auto-Delete).<\/p>\n<p>Set this toggle to enabled to automatically delete messages that <strong>meet or exceed<\/strong> the <em>Auto-Delete Threshold Score<\/em> value.<\/p>\n<p>To adjust the deletion trigger level, navigate to the Auto-Delete Settings and click on Configure. In the text box labeled Auto-Delete Threshold Score, input the desired score number, and then click on Update Auto-Delete Score to apply the changes.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"Configuring-Mail-Spam-Filters\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuring_Mail_Spam_Filters\"><\/span>Configuring Mail Spam Filters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>You can further customize the parameters to control how Spam Filters examines incoming messages. You can also define whitelists (trusted senders) and blacklists (known spammers).<\/p>\n<p>To customize Spam Filters in cPanel, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li>Open the Spam Filters tool<\/li>\n<li>If you are using the <strong>Jupiter<\/strong> theme, on the <span class=\"UI\">Tools<\/span> page, in the <span class=\"UI\">Email<\/span>\u00a0section, click <span class=\"UI\">Spam Filters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filters1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <b>Spam Filters<\/b>\u00a0page, click <strong>Show Additional Configurations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filters3-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filters3-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filters3-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-filters3.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To configure whitelists, click <span class=\"UI\">Edit Spam Whitelist Settings<\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Click <span class=\"UI\">Add A New \u201cwhitelist_from\u201d item<\/span>, and then in the <span class=\"textbox\">whitelist_from<\/span> text box, you can specify e-mail addresses that are trusted senders.<\/li>\n<li>Click <span class=\"UI\">Update Whitelist (whitelist_from)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To configure blacklists, click <span class=\"UI\">Edit Spam Blacklist Settings<\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Click <span class=\"UI\">Add A New \u201cblacklist_from\u201d item<\/span>, and then in the <span class=\"textbox\">blacklist_from<\/span> text box, you can specify e-mail addresses that are known spammers.<\/li>\n<li>Click <span class=\"UI\">Update Blacklist (blacklist_from)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spam.jpg 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To configure spam score settings, click <strong>Configure Calculated Spam Score Settings<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Click <span class=\"UI\">Add A New \u201cscores\u201d item<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>In the <span class=\"UI\">scores<\/span> list box, select the test name, and then type the score value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <span class=\"UI\">Update Scoring Options<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disabling_Spam_Filters\"><\/span>Disabling Spam Filters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>You can disable Spam Filters whenever you want. For example, if you are unable to receive a non-spam e-mail message, you can disable Spam Filters and ask the sender to resend the message so it reaches your account.<\/p>\n<p>To disable SpamFilters in cPanel, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li>Open the Spam Filters tool<\/li>\n<li>On the <b>Spam Filters<\/b>\u00a0page, click <strong>Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam<\/strong>. cPanel disables Spam Filters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217; it.<\/p>\n<p>For general information about\u00a0SpamAssassin (which runs Spam Filters,) please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/spamassassin.apache.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/spamassassin.apache.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To know more about TCP\/IP protocol in Computer networking and its importance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyderabadwebhosting.co.in\/tutorials\/tcp-ip-protocol-importance\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will clearly explain how to stop unwanted emails using spam filter tool in cPanel. 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