Create cpanel User/Account Level Filtering to get rid of the Spam mail

The following guide shows you how to get rid of spam emails in your cPanel:


  1. Open your email client or webmail to get your email header


Email Customer


After getting the email you may need to check the source "Return-Path" referring to the instructions below to see the email client header.


The example below is a spam email coming from msc8286@gmail.com therefore it may be necessary to delete the email.


Webmail


After getting the email header (Roundcube, Horde or Squirrelmail) you can check the source "Return-Path".


  1. After that, login to your cPanel by accessing the URL: http://cpanel.domainname/ or http://domainname:2083/ and click on "Filter Leveling" or "User Level Filtering" on your cPanel main screen.

  1. In the "From" and "Contains" Rules or Create a "Rule" that you want to discard email spam.


  1. In this step you need to enter the spam mail "Return-Path" like the example above in the spam email header section is msc8286@gmail.com and click "Create".



Notes: Account filtering means the same as user-level filtering, with the difference that the filters created here are applied globally to the entire cPanel account.


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