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24 Feb 2017, 01:31 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 17
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Unable to block certain email ?
I have Outlook and I'm wondering does anyone have any insight into what's happening with these spam messages that can't be blocked because the address is invalid, another example of email's I can't block are when they use my own email address to message me, how does that even work ?
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24 Feb 2017, 03:33 PM | #2 |
Intergalactic Postmaster
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Irving, Texas
Posts: 8,929
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Any sender can forge any From address they wish when sending an email. Spammers often use random or changing From addresses or spoof the good addresses of others. For example, I own a personal domain and from time to time spammers will send spam forging an address at my domain in the From field. Responses then come back to me instead of the spammer.
So blocking random spam based on the From address is of limited use. It only works if someone repeatedly sends you messages with the same From address or a domain you are willing to block. Outlook consists of both the online outlook.com email provider and the Outlook local email client.The Outlook local email client can block an email address or a domain. If right-clicking a spam email and selecting Junk>Block Sender does not work for some reason, instead select Junk>Junk Email Options and select the Blocked Senders tab, where you can add an email address or a domain. You also need to consider that there are two completely different From and To addresses which are used when an email arrives for you at your email provider:
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25 Feb 2017, 04:11 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 17
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Thank you it's nice to have an idea of what's going on.
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