block or make junk mail

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Is it true that if you "block" a sender, that validates your email address?
Am I better just marking that sender as junk mail sender ? If "blocked" does
it go bakc to the sender automatically? I guess I do not fully understand
the difference between blocking and marking as junk mail..Can you help
 
Old Bob said:
Is it true that if you "block" a sender, that validates your email
address?
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No, it's not true.
Am I better just marking that sender as junk mail sender ?
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Adding a sender to your Blocked Senders list is relatively worthless because
spammers change the sending address constantly. Sometimes adding a
particular domain to the Blocked Senders list helps some.
If "blocked" does it go bakc to the sender automatically?
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No, at least using Outlook's definition of blocking. Blocking such as you
describe is a server function, not a client function, and it doesn't do any
good to "bounce" a message, since the sender address is usually either fake
or that of an innocent victim whose address was hijacked.
I guess I
do not fully understand the difference between blocking and marking
as junk mail.
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In Outlook, there really isn't any difference. "Blocking" means adding a
sender to the "Blocked Senders" list, which is part of the Junk E-mail
feature. In Outlook, you can't mark a message as junk, only block the
sender.
 
Thank you. I get it now. So there really is not much to do about spam but
you can block the domain might be worth a try. I have Outlook Express at
home-would the same basic theories for blocking be the same for Express as
they are for Outlook?
 
Old Bob said:
Thank you. I get it now. So there really is not much to do about
spam but you can block the domain might be worth a try. I have
Outlook Express at home-would the same basic theories for blocking be
the same for Express as they are for Outlook?
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Blocking for either is roughly the same, but you can get add-ins that help a
great deal. SpamPal for Outlook Express (http://www.spampal.org/) works
fairly well. Many people like Mailwasher (http://www.mailwasher.net/), but
I find it a tad less friendly. Google for "free spam blocker Outlook
Express" for other options.

For Outlook, many people find SpamBayes a good tool
(http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/).
 
I use Hotmail because I am using my partner's computer. However, he uses
Outlook Express and you can go into Message, Create Rule from Message and
type words that are used in the subject matter and/or the message contents
and say that if Subject contains "XYZ" delete it (I have found that if you
try to block it - it doesn't work). You also need to go into the Options and
change it (only the first time) to "matches any of the words below".

Granted, if you created a Rule for every word in junk mail you ever received
you'd have a list as long as your arm! However, you can go into Tools,
Message Rules, Mail, go into a previously set up Rule and Modify it. I have
a Sluts Rule, a viagra Rule and a Sale Rule etc. you can add as many words as
you need to each Rule. It does work and any junk e-mails with these words go
straight into the Deletion Box.

I would tell you how I have overcome getting junk in a Hotmail address, but
then the people sending the junk mail would be armed and so I don't want to
give away my secret because it seems to be working.
 
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