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When renting a hosting package each user gets access to cPanel that is the control panel used to manage the hosting service. cPanel has integrated Apache SpamAssassin which is automatically enabled on all our hosting accounts. In the rest of the text we will talk about what SpamAssassin is how spam filters work and how to set up SpamAssassin filters in cPanel. What is SpamAssassin and how does it work Most of us receive junk mail on a regular basis and we can almost immediately recognize that it is a SPAM message. Simply we notice a pattern and associate spam with certain phrases grammar color or typography.
SpamAssassin an opensource project by the Apache Software Foundation B2B Email List ASF works roughly the same way but on a much larger scale. Based on its set of rules this tool looks for patterns that are common in spam and if the message matches a lot of patterns it tells us that it is definitely a SPAM message. Most of these rules are based on regular expressions that match the email body and email header combined with other techniques. These rules are called tests in the official SpamAssasin documentation and each test carries a certain value based on which the final score is calculated. The SpamAssassin score is obtained as a result of the tests that each email message passes.
Each test segment carries a certain value which the system adds up to get the final result. SpamAssasin rules Part of the SpamAssasin tests with associated ratings The lower the score the more likely the message is legitimate. If an email has ten points it is definitely spam. It is important to understand SpamAssassin's result because you can use it to configure the sensitivity of email filtering in cPanel which we will talk about in the next part of the article. Free SSL certificate with Shared hosting Like Easy Like Spot or Like Bizz With the leased Mint hosting package you get a free SSL certificate for all domains and subdomains that are hosted within the hosting account. Mint Hosting Setting up the SPAM filter in cPanel As we already mentioned SpamAssassin is fully integrated into the cPanel interface. In order to see what options it offers you must first.
SpamAssassin an opensource project by the Apache Software Foundation B2B Email List ASF works roughly the same way but on a much larger scale. Based on its set of rules this tool looks for patterns that are common in spam and if the message matches a lot of patterns it tells us that it is definitely a SPAM message. Most of these rules are based on regular expressions that match the email body and email header combined with other techniques. These rules are called tests in the official SpamAssasin documentation and each test carries a certain value based on which the final score is calculated. The SpamAssassin score is obtained as a result of the tests that each email message passes.
Each test segment carries a certain value which the system adds up to get the final result. SpamAssasin rules Part of the SpamAssasin tests with associated ratings The lower the score the more likely the message is legitimate. If an email has ten points it is definitely spam. It is important to understand SpamAssassin's result because you can use it to configure the sensitivity of email filtering in cPanel which we will talk about in the next part of the article. Free SSL certificate with Shared hosting Like Easy Like Spot or Like Bizz With the leased Mint hosting package you get a free SSL certificate for all domains and subdomains that are hosted within the hosting account. Mint Hosting Setting up the SPAM filter in cPanel As we already mentioned SpamAssassin is fully integrated into the cPanel interface. In order to see what options it offers you must first.