“Spam”, the term itself has such repulsive connotations that our intrinsic response to it is to look for immediate ways to get rid of incoming spam.
Luckily, now you can create an email filter, which can sort and redirect incoming spam mails. This proves to be especially useful when the provider of your hosting service hasn’t included Apache SpamAssassin in the cPanel account that you have. To digress, hosting service providers offer various types of hosting services, such as shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud, reseller, WordPress, etc., in order to ensure that websites are accessible over the Internet at all times, and are running seamlessly. “Windows Dedicated Hosting Plans” and “WordPress Hosting Plans” are some of the terms that are used for the various types of hosting plans that are offered by different hosting service providers.
Now let us run you through the steps that form an essential part of the process of creating a spam email filter.
Steps for Creating a Spam Email Filter
You must carry out the below-mentioned steps in order to create a spam email filter.
You should navigate to the Spam Filters interface of cPanel.
cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Apache SpamAssassin.
Check if Apache SpamAssassin is enabled.
If it isn’t enabled, click Enable Apache SpamAssassin.
Now you need to navigate to Global Email Filters interface of cPanel.
cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Global Email Filters.
Click Create a New Filter.
Now you must enter the name of your filter in the text box, Filter Name.
Select Spam Bar from the first menu, in the Rules section.
Now you should select contains from the second menu, in the Rules section.
Enter the spam score in the text box. The desired spam score needs to be represented with plus (+) characters.
Select Deliver to folder from the menu, in the Actions section.
Now you must enter the name of that folder to which you want to direct your spam email. You can click Browse to view a list of your folders.
Click Create for creating, saving, and activating the spam filter.
Now, you have successfully created a spam email filter.
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