How to use SpamAssassin in cPanel? Now it’s so simple with this tutorial.

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Let’s take a glance at using SpamAssassin in cPanel.

How to use Spamassassin in cPanel?

Apache SpamAssassin: Apache SpamAssassin is the most popular open source anti-spam platform which provides system administrators with a filter to classify and block spam email. It’s a tool for filtering out unwanted emails. Also, it is easy to install and configure on a mail server.

Apache SpamAssassin employs a variety of anti-spam techniques which makes it a pioneer in its category. In this article, we will provide information on how to use SpamAssassin in cPanel.

In order to ensure that Apache SpamAssassin is enabled for cPanel users, we must check the Features List and Enable Apache SpamAssassin in Tweak Settings on WHM.

To Activate “Enable Apache SpamAssassin” Spam Filter

1. Primarily, log in as root to the cPanel WHM control panel.
2. Then go to Home »Server Configuration »Tweak Settings.
3. Check that the Enable Apache SpamAssassin spam filter setting is set to On “This should be the default value.”
4. Lastly, click the Save button.

To Activate “Feature Manager” For The Packages

1. Log in as root to the cPanel WHM control panel.
2. Go to Home »Packages »Feature Manager »Feature Lists.
3. After that select the packages that do not show Apache SpamAssassin in the Manage feature list. Then click the Edit button.
4. Check the Apache SpamAssassin option from the list, then repeat the steps for the packages we want.
5. Finally, click the Save button.

The SpamAssassin icon will be visible in the Email section of the cPanel home dashboard.

Configuring SpamAssassin in the cPanel

1. Firstly, login to the cPanel.
2. Then go to the Email section and click on the Spam Filters icon.
3. Now toggle the switch next to Process New Email and Mark as Spam. When we enable SpamAssassin, the toggle bar is blue. Else, it is disabled.
4. From the same page, we can also configure the Filter: Setting Spam Auto-Delete option which allows us to automatically delete emails that exceed the spam threshold. To do so, we can select the required score from a drop-down menu. The higher the number, the stricter the setting. Simply click the Auto-Delete Spam button to enable the filter. Click the Disable Auto-Delete Spam button to turn off the filter.
5. Blacklist and Whitelist configuration: We can fill the list of blacklist_from to add the sender to Apache SpamAssassin Blacklist. Also, we can add the sender to the whitelist in whitelist_from.Blacklist if SpamAssassin incorrectly marks it as spam.

Spam Box

We can enable Spam Box by clicking the toggle bar in the Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box) in the Spam Filters section. When this is enabled, a spam folder for spam messages will be created.

In order to access Spam Folder, we need to subscribe to the spam folder in our mail client to view or process spam messages held there.

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Conclusion

Apache SpamAssassin is the most popular open source anti-spam platform, providing system administrators with a filter to classify and block spam emails. Our Support team provides a detailed description of how to use SpamAssassin in cPanel.