Deactivate old CPANEL account from sending out newsletter without deleting files?

[bz87]

Hello folks

I would appreciate some advice

What I Did
so I have just copied 1 cpanel account (let's call this CPANEL-1) and the copied version (let's call this CPANEL-2) from one WHM to another WHM account, using the transfer tool and everything seems to be working fine so far. I intend to use CPANEL-2 long term and delete CPANEL-1 abit later.

The cpanel account has only one website and this website sents out daily newsletter (already scheduled 1 month in advance)
I have changed the DNS settings for the domain to point to CPANEL-2' IP Address

My issue
The issue now is I that I have 2 x daily newsletter being sent out from both CPANEL-1 and CPANEL-2,
I do not want to delete CPANEL-1 account or its contents because I'm still testing something on CPANEL-2


So my question is how do I possibly deactivate CPANEL-1 from sending out the daily newsletter without doing anything on the website's files , perhaps on WHM side?,


Again as always thanks in advance

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! I would just disable the Exim service on cPanel1 through WHM >> Service Manager, as that would keep email from being sent from that entire system.

For a more advanced solution that would only affect one domain name, you can use the API to suspend email as outlined here:

Suspend cPanel account outgoing email

This function sets Exim's queue to suspend and force failure for email that a user sends to an external address. **Note:** If mail for a cPanel user's account is suspended, the system will reject their email before the mail server puts it in queue.

api.docs.cpanel.net

 

[bz87]

Thanks, just wondering will suspending the CPANEL account work as well ?

 

[cPRex]

Suspending the account completely would also work as long as you don't need to test anything with that website:

What Happens When You Suspend an Account | cPanel & WHM Documentation

This document describes the actions that the system performs when you suspend an account.

docs.cpanel.net