{"id":38352,"date":"2017-12-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=38352"},"modified":"2017-12-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:00:00","slug":"how-to-create-a-spam-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-create-a-spam-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Spam Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Let\u2019s be honest, no one likes spam; not hosting providers, not web users, and certainly not us. That\u2019s why it has become a reccurring subject on the cPanel Blog. Using one of our favorite features, Apache SpamAssassin<\/a>, we want to equip you, the cPanel user, with a nifty trick to keep spam out of your inbox.<\/p>\n

Apache SpamAssassin™<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Preloaded into the cPanel dashboard, Apache SpamAssassin is an open-source tool built to filter and classify emails while blocking spam. Through a combination of subject line and body text analysis, Bayesian filtering, and DNS blacklists, SpamAssassin drastically limits and can prevent spam from touching your inbox.<\/p>\n

Creating a Spam Filter<\/b><\/h2>\n

In the Em<\/em>ail<\/i> section of your cPanel account, choose Apache SpamAssassin. (If your hosting provider hasn\u2019t already enabled this feature, select Apache SpamAssassin and then switch it on.)<\/p>\n

Now you\u2019re ready to set up email filters and specify how powerfully you\u2019d like SpamAssassin to gate and vet incoming messages. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

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  1. Head to the \u201ccPanel\u00a0Email<\/em>\u201d section, navigate to \u201cGlobal Email Filters<\/em>,\u201d and select \u201cCreate New Filter<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Select \u201cSpam Bar<\/em>\u201d from the first menu in the \u201cRules\u201d section and then choose “Contains”<\/em> from the second menu in that same section.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. In that field, enter a spam score using a\u00a0series of (+) symbols, with 5 being an adequate number for an individual user. Select \u201cDeliver to folder\u201d from the \u201cActions\u201d section and enter the name of the folder to which you would like to direct spam.<\/li>\n
  4. Click \u201cCreate\u201d to activate the spam filter and, voila, your first filter is set up! (Be sure to check to occasionally check this folder to ensure items that are NOT spam aren’t being flagged.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This article was originally\u00a0posted on\u00a0Jan 19, 2016, and has been updated for technical accuracy.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Follow the links to learn more about creating spam filters<\/a>\u00a0or Apache SpamAssassin.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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