{"id":4298,"date":"2017-12-11T07:45:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4298"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:04:16","password":"","slug":"how-to-fight-spam-through-spamassassin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-fight-spam-through-spamassassin\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Fight Spam Through SpamAssassin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SpamAssassin is a software at the back end of the mail server that blocks unwanted email addresses before reaching the users email inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are instructions on how to enable the Apache SpamAssassin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Login to <a href=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-login-to-cpanel\/\">cPanel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.Scroll to Global Email Filters icon under Email<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Click <strong>Create a New Filter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-04-at-13-20-55-cPanel-Global-Email-Filters-1024x330.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-04-at-13-20-55-cPanel-Global-Email-Filters-1024x330.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-04-at-13-20-55-cPanel-Global-Email-Filters-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-04-at-13-20-55-cPanel-Global-Email-Filters-768x247.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-04-at-13-20-55-cPanel-Global-Email-Filters-50x16.png 50w, 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