let me mark all junk mail in junk folder as "block sender"

[Guest]

It helps control spam if you mark every incoming junk mail as "block sender".
Right now you have to do it one at a time, which is tedious. Would rather
have a menu option "mark all junk mail folder contents as 'block sender' "

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, it doesn't help much at all. It's largely a waste of time, since the spammers will just use another domain next time. If the items are already in your junk folder, you don't need to do anything else with them.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Blocking addresses is pointless. If the junk filter is getting the spam,
there is no reason to bother with blocked senders. BTW - You are limited to
the number of blocked and safe senders you can have - it's about 2000 total
between both lists.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If it's being caught by the filter why add them manually as well? Note that
most of the time the e-mail address will never be used again so you would
only end up with a long worthless list of addresses.

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It helps control spam if you mark every incoming junk mail as "block
sender".
Right now you have to do it one at a time, which is tedious. Would rather
have a menu option "mark all junk mail folder contents as 'block sender' "

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[Guest]

Actually, I've found empirically that blocking addresses DOES help, although
logically maybe it shouldn't. The reason that I want to block them is that a
fair amount of good mail ends up in the junk folder, too. The less stuff I
have to receive in there (and therefore scan through by hand) the better.
That's totally weenie that Microsoft limits the number of blocked senders you
can have.

Blocking addresses is pointless. If the junk filter is getting the spam,
there is no reason to bother with blocked senders. BTW - You are limited to
the number of blocked and safe senders you can have - it's about 2000 total
between both lists.

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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It helps control spam if you mark every incoming junk mail as "block
sender".
Right now you have to do it one at a time, which is tedious. Would rather
have a menu option "mark all junk mail folder contents as 'block sender' "

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[Guest]

Does anyone actually know that Microsoft only allows us to "Block" 2000
"Senders"?; if so, where did you get this information?

 

[mwigon]

It helps control spam if you mark every incoming junk mail as "block sender".
Right now you have to do it one at a time, which is tedious. Would rather
have a menu option "mark all junk mail folder contents as 'block sender' "

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[mwigon]

MWIGON Wrote:

How about modifing Outlook to allow you to select multiple addresses. From
these e-mails have Outlook create rules based on the junk word, comments,
domain names, special characters in the messages which always have the same
common garbage words or more. Why do we have to tediously set up these rules
one a time or buy anti spam software that cost money and don't do a great job
anyway.

Regarding the bad domain names, this comment is more for the domain
registration sites: How many bad domain names can there be out there? These
guys have to register them somewhere. Why can't there be more stringent
rules on setting them up in the first place. The big domains do a good job
of stopping spam because they limit bulk sending. The other legitimate
domains won't have a tough time doing a little more authentication when the
get set up. The spammers that have to set all the many bad domains would
find it difficult this automate this process.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

blocking spam using lists of addresses or domains is a total waste of time
and energy.