Still getting emails from blocked sender

Anonymous
2013-08-06T10:52:17+00:00

I keep getting spam emails from the same senders even though I've already blocked their domains, as well as all of the other email addresses/domains that were found in the message sources. 

  • WHY am I still receiving messages from domains that are blocked??
  • Why is there no option to simply block a sender's I.P. address?

All of the spam I receive comes from the same 3 or 4 I.P. addresses, but they have tons of domains at their disposal to spam people with.

I don't want to resort to creating a new 'rule' every time these idiots come up with a new domain to send their spam from. So before you suggest that I create a new rule for each and every one of these email addresses, my response to that is NO. I shouldn't have to. Aside from the fact that doing such a thing would be far too time-consuming, when I block someone, I expect my email provider to perform that function properly and without fail.

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Anonymous
2013-08-26T05:08:24+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for the information you have provided.

I have made some adjustment on your account. If the issue still persist, please get back to us and let us know the outcome of the issue.

Your cooperation on this matter will be highly appreciated.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-13T03:10:40+00:00

    Different address, same sender name? Sent though a third party?

    Email is 42 years old, and no matter what it LOOKS LIKE, it uses much the same old platform.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-13T02:53:07+00:00

    Why am I still getting emails from someone that I blocked? PLEASE FIX THIS!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-03-08T20:22:59+00:00

    You are barking at the wrong tree. I neither own an email server nor am I concerned about personal things like being loved.  Since this is new information to not only me but probably everyone else, feel free to disclose some badly needed details. The fabled 'Miss Cleo' passed away last year and I did not study under her. ;-)

    The diagnosis might now be getting somewhere.

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  4. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2017-03-08T20:21:29+00:00

    > No, if you block a sender the filter is supposed to BLOCK that sender.

    No, that's not how Outlook.com's blocked sender feature works. When you block a sender, subsequent messages from that sender are delivered to the Junk Email folder. It doesn't prevent delivery. You may not like that, but it's how Microsoft chose to implement it. Microsoft documents this behavior here: Block a mail sender. This page applies to Office Outlook 2013 and 2016, but Microsoft has made Outlook.com behave that way as well so all of its "Outlook" products behave the same way.

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