What can I do to reduce the amount of spam email I get? Text Tutorial Print

 1. Enable Spam Filtering Tools in cPanel

✅ Apache SpamAssassin

• Enable it in your cPanel under Spam Filters.

• Adjust the spam score threshold (start at 5; lower it to 3–4 for stricter filtering).

• Enable auto-delete or move spam to a separate folder for review.

✅ BoxTrapper (Email Verification)

• Activates a challenge-response system that blocks unverified senders.

• Only people who verify themselves (or are on your whitelist) can send you messages.

• Great for cutting off bots and non-human spammers.

✅ Email Filters

• Create custom rules for your inbox.

• Examples:

  • Delete messages with subjects like “Congratulations, you’ve won!â€

  • Route suspected spam to a custom folder.

 

🚫 2. Use Whitelists and Blacklists

• Whitelist trusted senders so their messages are never flagged.

• Blacklist persistent spammers or whole domains (e.g., *@spamdomain.com).

• Do this inside BoxTrapper or directly via SpamAssassin’s configuration.

 

 3. Protect Your Email Address Online

• Never post your email address in plain text on websites or forums.

• Use contact forms on your website instead of email links.

• Use email aliases (e.g., sales@yourdomain.com, support@yourdomain.com) and rotate or delete them if compromised.

 

 4. Use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Records

• These are email authentication tools that:

  • Prove your emails are coming from trusted servers.

  • Prevent spammers from spoofing your domain.

• Add or verify these settings in your cPanel > Email Deliverability.

 

 5. Monitor and Clean Up Catch-All Addresses

• A catch-all email address receives all misaddressed emails.

• Disable catch-all if you’re receiving large volumes of spam to random addresses like xyz@yourdomain.com.

 

 6. Regularly Update and Review

• Check spam folders to avoid false positives.

• Adjust spam filters and whitelists monthly.

• If one email alias gets spammed, remove or replace it.

Also you may check these links for further information about spam:

How do spammers harvest email addresses
http://www.private.org.il/harvest.html

SPAM - Munging Your Email Address
http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html
http://www.internet-tips.net/Email/SPAM_munging.htm

How To Deal With Spam
http://pobox.com/nospam.html

Korean Spam Filter
http://www.siue.edu/~jpogats/korea.html

SPAM Tips and help
http://spam.abuse.net/spam/userhelp/

SpamCop
http://spamcop.net/

SpamCop FAQ Parsing and reporting spam
http://spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/16.html

A Quick Guide to E-Mail Headers
http://real.fissure.org/articles/headers.shtml

Reading Email Headers
http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html

Dealing With Junk Email
http://www.jcrdesign.com/junkemaildeal.html

The SPAM-L FAQ
http://www.claws-and-paws.com/spam-l/index.html