Blocking Spam (Junk Mail)

You can block e-mail messages from certain senders if you don't want to receive them. Blocked messages do not pass go, do not collect $200, they go directly to your Delete folder. You generally do this when you receive an e-mail message that you want to block.

For the PC:

1. To block future e-mails from the same sender as an e-mail you just received, from the Inbox, select the message.
2. From the menu, choose Message > Block Sender. (Note that this feature only works for standard POP mail only. It does not apply to HTTP mail (web-based) or IMAP messages.)

• To remove a name from the Blocked Senders list, from the menu choose Tools > Message Rules > Blocked Senders List. Select the name and click Remove.
• To add a new sender to the list, when you don't have a message from that person, choose Tools > Message Rules > Blocked Senders List. Click Add. Enter the information in the dialog box and click OK.
• You can even block an entire domain, for example, all messages from microsoft.com. To do this, use the same procedure for adding a sender to the list, but type just the domain, for example, microsoft.com

Click OK in the Message Rules dialog box to apply rules that have been added or changed.

Note: You can also choose Tools > Message Rules > Mail and create a rule that changes the color of e-mail from certain people or domains or moves them to a specific folder.

For the Mac:

1. Choose Tools > Rules.
2. Click New.
3. Type a name in the Rule Name text box.
4. In the If section, choose from the drop-down list. For this purpose, choose Specific Header.
5. In the first text box, type From. The drop-down list to the right should say Contains. In the second text box, type the e-mail address or the doman (the part after the @ in an e-mail address) that you want to block.
6. In the Then section, choose the action you want from the; drop-down list. To delete the message, choose Delete Message. However, you could also change the message's color or move it to another folder.
7. Click OK.
8. Close the Mail Rules dialog box.

To disable the rule, choose Tools > Rules and uncheck the Enabled checkbox next to the rule.