Overview: How to Create an Account Level/Global Email Filter in cPanel to Fight Spam
This guide explains How to Create an Account Level/Global Email Filter in cPanel to Fight Spam step‑by‑step and why it matters for security, uptime, and performance. It’s written for small and medium businesses that rely on Blackhawk MSP for proactive, managed IT support in the Bay Area and beyond.
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It's hard to stop spam email entirely but you can filter it, discard it, deliver it to the selected folder, etc.
How to Create an Account Level/Global Email Filter?
1. Log in to your cPanel account.
2. In the Email section, click on Global Email Filters.
3. Click on Create a New Filter.
4. Enter a name for the filter in the Filter Name input box.
5. The filter rules come with many options for filtering email. Should you want to deal with an email that contains a word such as Lottery or any other words, select Body in the first list box and select Contains in the second one.
6. From the Actions drop-down menu, select Discard Message.
7. Click on Create.
That is it. You have set up an account level email filter in cPanel. It will now help reduce spam across all your email accounts.
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