How to set up Spam Filtering on individual mailboxes

This guide explains how to setup a custom filter on your Ecenica account to apply spam filtering to an individual email address instead of the default setup of spam filtering for all mailboxes on your Ecenica hosting service.

If you are looking for the easiest way to apply spam filtering to your Ecenica email accounts please see Using SpamAssassin .

Setup a Spam Filter for a single email account

1. Log in to cPanel.
   • For help accessing your cPanel see Where do I log in to my hosting control panel.
2. Click Spam Filters
3. Click Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam to toggle it on.
4. Check Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box): is Disabled
5. Click Home to return to the cPanel home screen
6. Click Email Filters
7. Click Manage Filters for the mailbox you wish to apply spam filtering to.
8. Click Create a New Filter
9. Enter a Filter Name. For example, SpamFilter
10. From the rules drop down list, select Spam Status
    
    
11. Select begins with
12. Enter Yes
13. From the actions drop down list, select Deliver to Folder
14. Enter /.spam
15. Click Create

The filter will now automatically move any emails marked as Spam by the Ecenica SpamAssassin spam filter to your spam folder for this single email address.

Advanced

How-to create a filter based on spam score

You can create a filter that will only apply to messages marked with a certain spam score. This allows you to fine tune and choose the exact spam level your user filter will run at.

1. Log in to cPanel.
   • For help accessing your cPanel see Where do I log in to my hosting control panel.
2. Click Spam Filters
3. Click Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam to toggle it on.
4. Check Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box): is Disabled
5. Click Home to return to the cPanel home screen
6. Click Email Filters
7. Click Manage Filters for the mailbox you wish to apply spam filtering to.
8. Click Create a New Filter
9. Enter a Filter Name. For example, SpamFilter
10. From the rules drop down list, select Spam Bar
11. Select contains
12. Enter +++++
    Note, this will filter emails at a spam score of 5 or more. To filter at a spam score 2 use 2 ++ symbols. The maximum spam score is 10 and the minimum is 1. 10 is the weakest (most spam will be let through) and 1 is the strongest (most normal email may be filtered)
    
    
13. From the actions drop down list, select Deliver to folder
14. Enter /.spam