Block mail id cpanel hostgator

A very specific question!

To block a mail ID in cPanel on HostGator, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Using the Email Manager

  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
  2. Click on the "Email" tab.
  3. Click on the "Email Manager" button.
  4. Click on the "Manage Email Accounts" button.
  5. Find the email account you want to block and click on the "Edit" button next to it.
  6. Scroll down to the "Forwarding" section.
  7. Click on the "Block" button next to "Forwarding".
  8. Enter the email address you want to block in the "Block Email" field.
  9. Click "Save" to save the changes.

Method 2: Using the Exim Configuration Editor

  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
  2. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
  3. Click on the "Exim Configuration Editor" button.
  4. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
  5. Scroll down to the "acl_check_rcpt" section.
  6. Add the following line at the end of the section:
    deny  message = "Blocked email address"  sender : lsearch;/etc/mail/blocklist
  7. Replace "Blocked email address" with the message you want to display when the email is blocked.
  8. Replace "sender" with the email address you want to block.
  9. Click "Save" to save the changes.

Method 3: Using a.htaccess file

  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
  2. Click on the "Files" tab.
  3. Click on the "File Manager" button.
  4. Navigate to the public_html directory.
  5. Create a new file called ".htaccess" (if it doesn't already exist).
  6. Add the following lines to the file:
    <Limit MAIL>
deny from all
</Limit>
  7. Replace "from all" with the email address you want to block.
  8. Click "Save" to save the changes.

Note: The above methods will block the email address from sending emails from your HostGator account. If you want to block emails from being received by your account, you will need to use a different method, such as setting up a spam filter or using a third-party email client.