{"id":5016,"date":"2016-08-20T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:10:33","slug":"stop-spam-attacks-cpanel-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/stop-spam-attacks-cpanel-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop spam attacks on cPanel Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is really necessary\u00a0to stop malicious activities and SPAM attacks on<a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-secure-cpanel-server\/\"> <span id=\"6fcad87c-0367-4fc0-9c26-67e317cf99f3\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">cPanel server<\/span><\/a>. There are <span id=\"5b247fc7-842d-4b13-ad63-df15978dba80\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">number<\/span> of <span id=\"1d0e5112-57b4-42d8-8128-526200ddf6be\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">steps but<\/span> you must need to\u00a0enable\/disable some Tweaks on <span id=\"998670cf-3348-498d-b4f2-0c572de2babd\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">cPanel<\/span> server.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1- Setting in \u201cExim Configuration Manager\u201d <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/cpanel-login\/\">Login <\/a>to WHM control panel by using root login details<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to Exim Configuration Manager<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/enabling-rbls-in-whm\/\">Enable RBL<\/a> filtering by Basic Editor RBLs switch to \u201cOn\u201d and if you like you may have additional RBL from manage option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/stop-spam-attacks-cpanel-server\/spamm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5018\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5018 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm.jpg\" alt=\"spamm\" width=\"1007\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-968x498.jpg 968w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-636x327.jpg 636w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-320x165.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/spamm-239x123.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Please turn ON Sender Verification Callouts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Please turn ON Sender Verification<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Please turn ON Reject SPF failures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. Then save the entire configuration this will stop most of spams in the server.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2- Some changes\u00a0in Tweak Setting<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Login to WHM control panel by using <span id=\"ac680b96-fd97-4290-9487-08549eb3c273\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">root user<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <span id=\"e58495d6-f07b-4794-b29c-ef50f98fe3e3\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">Go to<\/span>\u00a0Server Configuration &gt; Tweak Settings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Set \u201cInitial default\/<a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/disable-default-email-address-in-cpanel\/\"><span id=\"4760ad24-09b6-44b5-a8d4-903f3f1d8834\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">catch-all<\/span> forwarder destination<\/a> = Fail\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/set-maximum-number-mails-per-hour-whmcpanel-server\/\">Max hourly emails per domain<\/a> = 200<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Please turn ON Count mailman deliveries towards a domain\u2019s Max hourly <span id=\"d9d0ff63-1185-4c42-98ec-f510c4f1333f\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">emails<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/domain-has-exceeded-the-max-defers-and-failures-per-hour-allowed\/\">The maximum percentage of failed or deferred messages<\/a> a domain may send per hour = 60%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. Then save the entire configuration this will help to \u00a0stop most of spams in the server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019all to do.Please\u00a0Give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is really necessary\u00a0to stop malicious activities and SPAM attacks on cPanel server. There are number of steps but you must need to\u00a0enable\/disable some Tweaks on cPanel server. 1- Setting in \u201cExim Configuration Manager\u201d 1. Login to WHM control panel by using root login details 2. Go to Exim Configuration Manager 3. 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