smtp@(domain) accounts created automatically by cpanel

123Host

• January 27, 2020 20:08

Recently just about every domain on my system has had an email account smtp@ added. Can someone explain what process did this and why?

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  cPanelLauren

  • January 28, 2020 04:41

  There is no process native to cPanel that would create an email account automatically like this (outside of the account's default email account which is present upon account creation).

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  123Host

  • January 28, 2020 04:43

  Thanks for the reply...any thoughts on how this might have happened server wide?

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  123Host

  • January 28, 2020 05:00

  OK...this is now making me a bit nervous...how can I delete smtp@ from all domains on the server?

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  cPanelLauren

  • January 28, 2020 05:16

  No idea, you might check the cPanel access log which can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
  which will show if someone logged in to cPanel and created it or if it was done using the UAPI. Otherwise, you might check if those email accounts have been used to send/receive any mail. As far as removing the accounts, you'd need to go through each one or use the UAPI delete_pop function here: UAPI Functions - Email::delete_pop - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation and create a loop to loop through the cPanel accounts.

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