{"id":43662,"date":"2017-11-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=43662"},"modified":"2017-11-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:00:00","slug":"3-ways-to-prevent-email-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/3-ways-to-prevent-email-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Prevent Email Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><em>*\u00a0 This post was originally posted on July 12, 2016, and has been updated for accuracy.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 100 billion emails get sent per day. Everything from out-of-office alerts to billing summaries gets transferred across the web, from server to server. While we expect the things we send and deliver to remain secure, we know it isn&#8217;t always the case. There are various ways mail servers can be compromised, however, there are also a number of things that you can do, as a hosting provider, to prevent email abuse on your cPanel &amp; WHM server. Here are a few of our easy-to-administer tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Require a Minimum Password Strength<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know\u2026.well, we all should know the difference between a secure password and an insecure one:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less secure:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amy1234<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More secure:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~4my0n3tw0thr334<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that in mind, ensuring your mail account holders are using secure passwords is one of the simplest ways to protect their information. While capitalization, symbol usage, and spelling all factor into password security, as a hosting provider, you can set a character minimum to ensure that all of your users have a base level of protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=_-2749.html><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Password Strength Configurations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Enable cPHulk<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Familiar with the 2012 Marvel film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Avengers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? In the final battle sequence, a seemingly unstoppable (keyword) alien army attempts to take down NYC \u2014 that is of course until the neurotically lovable Bruce Banner turns into his not-so-jolly green alter ego. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cPanel &amp; WHM includes its own secret weapon that was developed to defend against the onslaught of brute force attacks. By <\/span><a href=_-2750.html><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enabling cPHulk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can drastically prevent <a href=_-2751.html>brute force attacks<\/a>\u00a0 from affecting your users, your accounts, or your machine. Simply toggle the feature on from your Security Center and prevent malicious software from trying to muscle through your password security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=_-2750.html><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out the full power of cPHulk by reading our Documentation Site&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Enable SMTP Restrictions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All online activity happens through a series of rules called protocols. For mail, SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, is the method used to submit messages to mail servers for delivery to the recipient. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With SMTP Restrictions, a feature you can enable straight from WHM, \u00a0you can prevent spammers from directly interacting with your remote mail servers or even working around your mail security settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=_-2752.html><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curious about SMTP Restrictions? Find out more here in our Documentation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThere are, of course, many more ways you can up the security on your mail server and protect your customers.\u00a0If you found this article helpful, be sure to share it with others. If you have a few tips for mail security worth mentioning, let us know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*\u00a0 This post was originally posted on July 12, 2016, and has been updated for accuracy.\u00a0 Over 100 billion emails get sent per day. Everything from out-of-office alerts to billing summaries gets transferred across the web, from server to server. 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