cPanel email settings

Important cPanel mail settings to consider:

  • Spam Filters, it's the Spam Assassin spam filter
    • Marks email subjects  with ** SPAM **.
    • Process New Emails and Mark them as Spam: On
      • Spam Threshold Score: default 5
    • Automatically Delete New Spam (Auto-Delete): Off
    • Spam Box
      • Only per email account and for IMAP only
      • If enabled, it sends spam email in a Junk folder
      • Webmail > Settings > Folders > Toggle Junk button
  • Email Routing
    • Use Local Mail Exchanger if the server itself serves the domain's emails.
    • Use Remote Mail Exchanger if the domain's emails are hosted elsewhere.
  • Track Delivery
    • Debug the delivery of specific email messages
  • Email deliverability
    • Setup SPF, DKIM and DMARC settings