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Account Level Filtering

cPanel lets you filter all email for an entire domain. This can be useful for discarding spam, redirecting mail, or piping messages to a program.

 

• Add an Account Level Filter
• Test a Filter
• Edit a Custom Filter
• Delete an Existing Filter

 

 

 

To create a new filter:

 

1. Click Create a new Filter.
2. Type a name for the filter in the Filter Name box.
3. Select a message characteristic from the first pull-down menu.
4. Select an operator from the next pull-down menu.
5. Enter the characters or words you wish to use as a filter.
6. You can add and subtract rules by clicking the + and - buttons.
7. Select an action from the pull-down menu under the Actions heading. You can add and subtract actions by clicking the + and - buttons.
8. Click Activate to initialize the filter.

Test a Filter

Once a filter has been created, it can be tested.

To test your filter:

1. Type a test email message in the text box below the Filter Test heading.
   • Be sure to include the characters or words that you have set up your filter to catch.
2. Click Test Filter.

When the test is run, the next screen should display a similar result to the screenshot below.

 

 

 

Edit a Custom Filter

You can also modify an existing filter.

To edit an existing filter:

1. Click Edit next to the appropriate filter name.
2. You can adjust any of the fields displayed -- the message characteristic, operator, term to filter, or resulting action.
3. Click Activate to initialize the filter.

 

Delete an Existing Filter

To delete a filter:

1. Click Delete.
2. Confirm that the filter should be deleted on the following page.

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