How can I block senders in IE7 newsgroups?

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MaryL

I know there is probably an easy answer to this question, but I can't find
it. I have found answers on how to block senders in e-mail, but I would
like to know how to block messages from specific senders in *newsgroups.* I
am using Windows Mail 6 (with IE 7 and Vista Home Premium.

Thanks,
MaryL
 
MaryL said:
I know there is probably an easy answer to this question, but I can't find
it. I have found answers on how to block senders in e-mail, but I would
like to know how to block messages from specific senders in *newsgroups.*
I am using Windows Mail 6 (with IE 7 and Vista Home Premium.

Thanks,
MaryL
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If you are using Windows Mail to read newsgroups, then you can block senders
and senders domains exactly as you do for email...
 
Gordon said:
If you are using Windows Mail to read newsgroups, then you can block
senders and senders domains exactly as you do for email...
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I have gone to the "junk e-mail" option and marked a couple of senders (the
type that send lots of spam-type ,essages to newsgroups) and selected "add
sender to blocked senders list." However, the multitude of messages from
those senders are still in my list. In XP, there was an additional
possibility -- that is, when I selected "block sender" from within a
newsgroup, I was also given the option of deleting all existing messages
from this sender. That does not happen when I select "block sender" from
Windows Mail. Has that possibility been dropped in WM, or am I overlooking
something? Some of these people post literally hundreds of pieces of junk.

Thanks,
MaryL
 
Windows Mail only blocks new messages as they are being downloaded.
Unfortunately, it does not offer to remove existing posts, like OE did.
 
Okay, that explains it. That was really an unfortuante decision to
eliminate the offer to removing existing posts because I will sometimes find
*several hundred* posts in a newsgroup that have been downloaded in a single
day. Do you know if there is any way to request/suggest this as an upgrade?

Thanks for your help.

MaryL
 
Microsoft is no longer producing updates for Windows Mail, so I doubt that
making such a request would do anything useful.

For a way to do what you want with a little extra effort, start Windows
Mail,
then click on Tools, then Message Rules, then Mail, then Apply Now, then
click the first rule you have added since the messages arrived, then hold
down
the Shift key while you click on any other rules you have added since the
messages arrived, then click on Browse, then the newsgroup you want to apply
these rules to (or the newsgroup server name instead if you want to apply
them
to all newsgroups you get from that server), then OK, then Apply Now, wait
for it to apply the rules, then click OK, then click OK, then Close, then OK
again.
 
Robert, your information was dynamite..thank you. I have another question for
you please, if you know anything about Dell computers. My brother uses a
Dell, and uses Charter.net as his ISP server. I can send him messages to his
email address from my HP computer, @earthlink.net, however, he can not reply
back to me. We suspect someone has put me on 'block/ignore' on his outgoing
mail. I do not know how to resolve this issue. Can you, or anybody else help
us? Thank you.
 
You're welcome.

About all I know about Dell computers is other people's opinions of them, so
I'll try to give an answer that applies to all types of computers. There
are
4 types of places the block could be; on your computer, on the earthlink.net
mail server, on the charter.net mail server, and on his computer. If it's
on a
server, you'll usually have to ask the company running the server to help,
since you usually can't adjust the settings yourself. However, it may be
worthwhile for you or him to log in to the server using webmail instead of
Windows Mail and check if webmail allows any such settings for your
account or his account only.

If it's on your computer, start by creating a way to access Windows Mail
directly instead of letting IE7 call it for you. On your desktop, double
click
on Computer, then C:, then Program Files, then scroll down the list to
Windows Mail, then double click on it, then find WinMail.exe if it's on the
list or WinMail otherwise, right click on it, click on Create Shortcut,
approve putting the shortcut on your desktop, then close the window
created above.

Now, start Windows Mail directly by double clicking on the WinMail.exe
or WinMail shortcut. Click on Tools, then Message Rules, then Mail.
Click on each rule on the list, if there are any, scrolling down if the list
is
long enough. If any of the rules delete messages from him, or from
the whole charter.net domain, remove that rule. After checking all the
rules, click on OK.

Click on Tools, then Junk E-mail Options, then Safe Senders. Add his
email address to the list, then click Apply. Click on Blocked Senders.
If his email address, or the whole charter.net domain, is on the list,
click on it, then Remove, then Apply. Click on OK.

If it's on his computer, the details of how to do a similar check depend
on which email program he's using. He should check for messages that
apply to outgoing mail (such rules not available in Windows Mail) going
to your email address or to any address in the earthlink.net domain.

Something else for him to check: Some email servers object to mail
sent to addresses with any spaces or any CAPITAL LETTERS in the
username. Have him change the address he is replying to to fit these
requirements, and then send you a short reply.

Also, have him try a short reply to you that avoids certain possible
causes for marking it spam: Any mention of an amount of money,
any mention of a product likely to be offered in spam, or the use of
a subject line in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
 
MaryL said:
I know there is probably an easy answer to this question, but I can't find
it. I have found answers on how to block senders in e-mail, but I would
like to know how to block messages from specific senders in *newsgroups.* I
am using Windows Mail 6 (with IE 7 and Vista Home Premium.

Thanks,
MaryL
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The usual way is to open such a message, then click Message in the main
Windows Mail toolbar, then Create Rule From Message, then in the Actions
section, click on the boxes before Delete it and Mark it as read, then
scroll down in this section until you see Stop processing more rules
and click on the box before it also, then click on OK.

This won't affect any messages from that person you have already
downloaded, but almost all that arrive in the future should be
immediately deleted, without waiting for you to read them.

A few people, however, keep changing the return addresses they
use when they post to newsgroups; for these, it takes a variety of
the other options you will have seen while doing the above, if it's
even possible in Windows Mail.

Robert Miles
 
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