Block a sender or a domain
Say no once.
Turn away one address, or everything from a domain, straight from the message in front of you. Each block names the rule that caught the sender, and one click lifts it.
In short
What does blocking an email sender do?
Blocking turns away mail from one address, or from every address on a domain. Unlike a spam filter's guess, it is your own decision, however legitimate the sender. Some services file it under Spam, others refuse it.
How it works
The person or the whole firm
A message's ⋯ menu offers the address and its domain: a recruiter is a person, a recruitment firm is a domain. The Details table and Contacts can block the address too.
Patterns catch a whole family
* stands for any run of characters and ? for exactly one, so news-*@shop.com stops every dated newsletter. A rule that would match almost everything is refused.
Refused, not piled into Spam
When the address that sent it matches, the message is refused and the bounce names no rule. When only the From line matches, as with a mailing list, it goes to Spam.
Pattern syntax
Blocked senders and Blocked domains both take patterns. A rule needs at least two letters or digits.
What you get
In the product today
Plus-tags covered
Blocking [email protected] also blocks [email protected].
Subdomains covered
A blocked domain covers every subdomain beneath it.
Paste a whole list
Commas, spaces and new lines all separate entries.
A Blocked filter
Contacts can narrow to blocked people, and each one shows its rule.
Good practice
Getting the most out of it
- 01
Spare shared domains
Block someone on gmail.com by address, since blocking the domain stops everyone who uses it.
- 02
Clear the backlog yourself
Blocking leaves old mail alone, so search from:[email protected] and delete what you no longer want.
- 03
Check before you chase
If someone has gone quiet, try the Blocked filter in Contacts before writing again.
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