From time to time, you may
experience either a junk mailer or some other menacing
individual whom keeps sending you annoying email messages. Our
control panel has a built in feature, which allows you to
block these email messages in a multitude of different ways.
You can block them by:
- Sender
- Subject
- Message Header
- Message Body
Of course, if all you want to do is block one specific email
address, then you don't have to worry about getting fancy with
it - just enter the email address to be blocked, and that's
it, done!
How to use the block email function:
1. Login to your
control panel (http://www.your-domain.com/cpanel/)
2. Select "Block an Email" or "Setup SPAM Filters"
3. Select "Add Filter"
If all you want
to do is block a single email address, then simply leave the
"current default setting" as is, and enter in the email
address to be blocked. For example,
annoying-nolife@nothingbettertodo.com Click "Add Filter",
and that's it!
When you click "Back" or login to this feature next time,
you'll see the list of email address's, and or expressions
you've blocked. Beside each one of them will be a "Delete"
option, so that you can remove the block from your account at
a future time. NOTE: When you block an email
address, or some other keyword, this filtering will be enabled
on "All Email Accounts" within your domain.
Advanced Blocking:
For those of who whom experience frequent problems with junk
email messages, you'll be please to see this option provides a
broad range of blocking options. Instead of having us try to
explain every last one of them here, this is a feature you'll
really want to experiment with yourself.
Doing so, will
allow you to become familiar with the ways that email can be
blocked, and will also help you with customizing a recipe that
works best for your domain. Play around with the settings, and
try to block words, or phrases based on the From Name,
Subject, or Message Body Text. Now, send an email to your
account and see if the terms and criteria you selected are
providing the filtering you want.
It may take a little time to master, but it's fun, and a great
way to broaden your abilities on web site administration.
FINAL NOTE: If you're totally new to email
blocking, and wish to explore its full potential, we highly
suggest you test it before launching your site. This way, you
don't have to worry about accidentally disrupting email for
your entire domain.
Hint:
Unless you're 100% sure of what a setting will do, always
delete it when you're finished, or until you have time to run
a series of tests on it. You want to ensure it's blocking what
it's supposed to, and not legitimate email
messages!
A big junk mail problem:
If you're
experiencing a high volume of junk mail, then there's a good
possibility Spammers are taking advantage of your "catch all"
option. To disable this, please see our tutorial on "Default
Email Address." |