Spam emails with no sender address

Anonymous
2022-08-17T21:51:44+00:00

I use a hotmail email address and I've been getting multiple spam emails a day and they don't have sender addresses. If I try to reply to them, Outlook would tell me the recipient cannot be empty. I also cannot block them since there's no sender addresses to block.

This is getting extremely irritating.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-28T08:25:19+00:00

    Yes, it's crazy no 'independent advisors' are suggesting this anywhere. Or atleast this very insightfull screenshot.

    Anyway: thanks alot! You saved me hours of moving stuff manually to the junk folder.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-27T10:20:16+00:00

    Though I have to say that after a couple of weeks it isn't working for me :( Still all the e-mails are coming into my inbox. So now I'm trying the rules instead.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-27T10:19:18+00:00

    Printscreen isn't working :( But go to the 3 dots upper right in the message (next to 'reply', 'forward' etc.; don't mix it up with the dots on top of the message), then choose 'view' and then 'view message source'. Then a box opens with the HTML-code, where you can search for the '@'.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-24T00:42:10+00:00

    I couldn't see the view source button.

    Could someone post a screenshot please?

    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-19T19:20:12+00:00

    Hello retardgaming

    Hi, I'm Karl and will be happy to help you today.

    A few points

    #1 - Are these messages being delivered to the <Inbox> or to the <Junk> folder. If these are delivered to the Junk folder then these are already considered blocked by the Outlook Junk filter so there is nothing more you can do about those. There is no option that completely prevents something from being delivered to the <mailbox>.

    #2 - If the messages are aarriving in your <Inbox> then your only option would be to create an Inbox rule using the following settings using some common keywords

    Condition: <Message header includes>
    Value: ***whatever value you are looking for***
    Action: <Delete>

    Use inbox rules in Outlook.com
    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/use-in...

    This link will bring you to the <Inbox> rules
    https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/options/mail/rules

    #3 - On a more general level, just as a FYI, if you actually reply to any spam message, you are guaranteed to increase the flow of spam messages to your account since it tells the spammer that your is an active valid email. I realize that you may only have hit reply to see the sender's email address with no intention of actually sending a reply.

    Just so there is no misunderstanding, this is a public user-to-user support forum. We're users just like you helping other users. We do not work for Microsoft.

    I understand the filter you suggest, except for the second step:

    Condition: <Message header includes>
    Value: ***whatever value you are looking for***
    Action: <Delete>

    If the Value is blank in the header (return email address), what Value can I use?

    Jim Simpson

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