How to configure SpamAssassin in cPanel

This guide provides comprehensive steps for configuring SpamAssassin in cPanel to effectively manage and filter spam emails. It covers enabling SpamAssassin, configuring spam filters, managing whitelists and blacklists, and fine-tuning spam detection settings to suit your needs.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log in to cPanel: Access your cPanel account using your hosting provider’s login page. Once logged in, you can access various tools to manage your hosting environment.
2. Enable SpamAssassin: Navigate to the Email section within cPanel and click on Spam Filters. To activate SpamAssassin, toggle the Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam option. This enables the system to filter incoming emails based on predefined spam criteria.
3. Configure Spam Box: The Spam Box option allows you to move spam emails to a separate folder, making reviewing and managing suspected spam easier. Enable the Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box) option to use this feature.
4. Auto-Delete Spam: To keep your inbox clean from high-probability spam, you can set a threshold score for automatic deletion. Enable the Automatically Delete New Spam (Auto-Delete) option and configure the score to define which emails should be automatically discarded.
5. Whitelist/Blacklist Management: You can fine-tune SpamAssassin by managing whitelists and blacklists. Adding trusted email addresses to the whitelist ensures they bypass spam filters while adding known spam addresses to the blacklist helps improve the filter’s accuracy. This can be done within the Spam Filters settings.
6. Adjust Spam Score Settings: For more advanced spam detection, you can adjust individual test scores used by SpamAssassin. This allows you to customize how different types of spam indicators are weighted, helping to refine the filtering process.

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