{"id":1737,"date":"2014-11-20T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T10:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2018-05-18T11:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T11:31:46","slug":"fight-email-spam-spamassassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/fight-email-spam-spamassassin\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Fight Email Spam With SpamAssassin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you receive a lot of spam in your mailbox, you should consider enabling Spam Assassin.<\/p>\n<p>cPanel &gt; Mail &gt; SpamAssassin &gt; Enable SpamAssassin<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Spam Assassin is an automatic mail filter that uses many algorithms on email headers and message body in order to identify \u201cSPAM\u201d or unsolicited emails. This software has the capacity of eliminating more than 98% os spam messages. Its performance is dependent on individual configuration that can be modified by every website owner. After identification, the mail is tagged as \u2018SPAM\u2019 or future filtering through the user\u2019s desktop mail client.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-configure-apache-spamassassin-in-cpanel\/\">How To Configure Apache SpamAssassin In cPanel?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In order to configure SpamAssassin, follow the steps mentioned below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For accessing the SpamAssassin menu, click on the \u2018SpamAssassin\u2019 icon present on the main screen of the cPanel interface.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the enable SpamAssassin button.<\/li>\n<li>In order to disable SpamAssassin, click on Disable SpamAssassin.<\/li>\n<li>For enabling Spam Box, click on Enable Spam Box.<\/li>\n<li>In order to disable Spam Box, click on Disable Spam Box.<\/li>\n<li>In order to configure SpamAssassin, click on Configure SpamAssassin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will be directed to a page where you will be able to configure the aggressiveness of SpamAssassin for the spam messages. 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