How do I stop specific notification?

Scott Galambos

• May 21, 2026 11:38

I get email notification with subject "New Security Advisor notifications with High importance" and with body "Outbound SMTP connections are unrestricted. Enable SMTP Restrictions in the “SMTP Restrictions” area...".  How do I disable only this notification?

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  William Del Piero cPanel Staff

  • May 21, 2026 14:25

  Hi,

   

  Unfortunately, there isn't a way to disable a specific Security Advisor notification through the WHM interface, it's all or nothing. You have two options depending on what you'd like to achieve:

  Option 1: Disable all Security Advisor email notifications

  
  You can turn off Security Advisor emails entirely via WHM > Home > Contact Manager. This stops the emails but the checks will still run and remain visible in WHM.

   

  Option 2: Remove the SMTP check itself

  
  The check that triggers this notification lives in:
  /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Security/Advisor/Assessors/Spam.pm

   

  It is technically possible to edit or disable the check in this file, but please be aware that cPanel updates will overwrite any manual changes. To preserve your changes across updates, you would need to exclude the file from updates:

   

  How can I exclude cPanel files from updates?

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