Comments for How can I reject email from unwanted senders?

Comment from daniel marten on 2009-11-14

2009-11-15T02:16:01Z

I keep getting the message [delivery notification]: failure, from a bank that was suppose to be processing a mortgage request for me. That started after I wrote the processor and told her they had terrible customer service. Is this a coincidence or could she block my IP address? The suggested articles don't mention "delivery notification failure." I think that witch knows how to do it.

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Comment from sheila on 2009-05-07

2009-05-08T01:16:09Z

Bluebottle sends a email back to the sender telling them it was blocked as long as you have the person on your blocked list and lycos is another good one too.

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Comment from Teri on 2008-11-07

2008-11-08T00:25:51Z

I use hotmail and would like to block and send blocked notice to sender (ex wife) so she knows she is blocked, not just have her messages automatically deleted. Is this possible?

Not that I'm aware of.

- Leo
08-Nov-2008

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Comment from makootus on 2008-09-25

2008-09-25T21:02:42Z

I don't understand why email can be recieved then deleted or blocked but cannot be rejected. Why can't the email provider give us a "REJECT" or "Return to Sender" button? Why can't it be rejected, sending it back exactly where it came from? Why can't we jam the senders inbox with their own email returned.

Because there wouldn't be a point, and it would only clog up an already overloaded email system. Most spammers, for example, use fake return addresses, so your suggestion would "reject" email back to the wrong people.

- Leo
26-Sep-2008

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Comment from George Arauz on 2007-08-09

2007-08-09T22:12:24Z

Some email hosts like GOOGLE will let you check it off as BLOCK or SPAM so that you dont get it again.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-08-06

2007-08-06T15:35:19Z

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Roger: you're assuming that people have "Block Sender" available to them. Not
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Comment from Joyce on 2007-08-05

2007-08-05T14:58:42Z

You can help stop spam by forwarding it to spam@UCE.COM and include a copy of the Message Source in the body of the forwarded e-mail. First you click on the 'forward' button, minimize the new e-mail page, RIGHT click on the original e-mail title in your inbox, click on Properties, click on 'details, go down to the bottom and click on 'message source'; highlight everything on the message source page, right click anywhere in the body of the highlighted message source information, click on copy, go back to your new e-mail that you are forwarding, click in the body of the e-mail message page, click 'paste' (all the info from the 'message source should copy to the e-mail that you are going to forward), then 'send'. This is a federal spam reporting site. You can also send the spam e-mails to the FTC but I don't have those details handy right now. Hopefully, the UCE and the FTC will do something to stop a lot of these spammers.

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Comment from Roger on 2007-08-05

2007-08-05T10:03:20Z

The other method is the Block Sender option. Even though it does not guarantee it will never return under another subject line or the IP address will not be different which will allow it to pass thru it does keep most from coming back. I then take their IP address and add it to the Message Rules box.

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Comment from chris faulkner on 2007-08-04

2007-08-04T11:33:18Z

The easiest way by far to reject, delete, bounce Emails WHILE STILL WITH YOUR SERVER is to use a program called MAILWASHER, from firetrust.com
The bounce function is really good as it tells the computer that sent the spam that your Email address does not exist.
There used to be a basic free version that may be still be available on the web.

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