How to enable Spam Protection in cPanel?

cPanel contains 2 types of spam control applications, namely: BoxTrapper and Spam Assassin. Most web hosts offer SpamAssassin as the chosen method of email protection. However, by the end of this article you will have knowledge on setting up BoxTrapper and Spam Assassin  in your cPanel account. Follow the detailed explanation on enabling,with images of each step.  Watch the video tutorial, Getting familiar with cPanel – Enabling Spam Protection in cPanel to summarize all what you learnt in the detailed explanation.

1. How to set up BoxTrapper in cPane
2. How to set up SpamAssassin in cPanel

How to set up BoxTrapper in cPanel

With BoxTrapper your inbox is protected against spam by requiring all email senders who aren’t on your Whitelist, to reply to a verification email before you can receive their mail. Let’s learn how enable it.

1. Click on BoxTrapper in the Mail section after logging into cPanel.
2. Click on Manage to enable BoxTrapper for the email you want.
3. Click on Enable.
4. Now BoxTrapper has been enabled for the selected email address. Click on Go Back to configure BoxTrapper settings.
5. Click Configure Settings.
6. You can set various options here, including auto-whitelisting for addresses you send email to.
7. Click on Edit Confirmation Messages.
8. Here you can edit the standard confirmation messages already setup for you.
9. Next, click Edit White/Black/Ignore Lists.
10. From here you can add addresses to your whitelist, blacklist, and ignore list.

Once you have BoxTrapper setup the way you want, you’ll notice a huge reduction in spam.

How to set up SpamAssassin in cPanel

The SpamAssassin automated mail filter uses a number of algorithms on mail headers and message body text to identify unsolicited emails – SPAM. Once a spam message is identified, the mail is tagged as “SPAM”  and later user’s desktop mail client will  filter it out.  SpamAssassin has the ability to get rid of more than 98% of spam messages and depending on configuration, there are changes in level of performance.

1.  Once again log into cPanel  and click on SpamAssassin icon under Mail section.
2. Click on Enable SpamAssassin.
3.  Click on Go Back to configure SpamAssassin settings.
4.  Click Configure SpamAssassin.
5. Defining blacklisting and whitelisting email addresses is done over here.
   

Enabling Spam Protection in c Panel

This is the end of the tutorial on enabling Spam Controls for your cPanel account. Remember, you do not have to use both methods…choose either of the two as you wish. But using both simply provides the maximum protection against spam. More on Mail cPanel utility tool.