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
It is important to give the filter an appropriate name, as it will make the task of managing existing filters easier in the future.
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The Edit Filter for All Mail on Your Account screen.
To create a new filter:
- Click Create a new Filter.
- Type a name for the filter in the Filter Name box.
- Select a message characteristic from the first pull-down menu.
- Select an operator from the next pull-down menu.
- Enter the characters or words you wish to use as a filter.
- You can add and subtract rules by clicking the + and - buttons.
- Select an action from the pull-down menu under the Actions heading. You can add and subtract actions by clicking the + and - buttons.
- Click Activate to initialize the filter.
For a comprehensive list of options available to configure your filter, click here.
A word about operators: When you create a filter using several operators, it may be useful to note that cPanel will always process the "and" operator before the "or" operator. As a result, email filters will be processed as follows:
- A or B and C will be processed as A or (B and C).
- A and B or C will be processed as (A and B) or C.
If you wish to create a filter such as (A or B) and (C or D), you would have to create it like so:
- (A and C) or (A and D) or (B and C) or (B and D).
Test a Filter
Once a filter has been created, it can be tested.
To test your filter:
- 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.
- Click Test Filter.
When the test is run, the next screen should display a similar result to the screenshot below.
Filter Test Results.
Edit a Custom Filter
You can also modify an existing filter.
To edit an existing filter:
- Click Edit next to the appropriate filter name.
- You can adjust any of the fields displayed — the message characteristic, operator, term to filter, or resulting action.
- Click Activate to initialize the filter.
Delete an Existing Filter
To delete a filter:
- Click Delete.
- Confirm that the filter should be deleted on the following page.