"bouncing" a sender

[L.A.]

Is there a way that I am able to block a particular sender so that the e-mail
that they send comes back as "bounced" or unread? Thank you for your help!

 

[Charlie Tame]

Is there a way that I am able to block a particular sender so that the e-mail
that they send comes back as "bounced" or unread? Thank you for your help!

The problem with doing what you want is that most "Spammers" will either
use a totally fake address or use a real one that belongs to someone
else. Either your bounced message will go nowhere or it will go to the
wrong person, usually someone totally innocent. Also, spammers will
change their sender address all the time making it difficult for a
"Rule" you set to stick.

Don't post your real email address in newsgroups (Mine is real but I run
my own mail server so it does not matter) and I get thousands of junk
mails every month, something like half a million a year, and it is all
due to the fact that spammers "Harvest" email addresses from newsgroups
like this.

Also, when people "Forward" emails without editing then it is possible
for a machine infected with a virus to get a big list of addresses. If
you send a joke to 20 friends and one of them simply "Forwards" that to
an infected machine all of the email addresses of all the people you
sent it to (and they sent it to) can be extracted and used.

My other email addresses that I use for business do not have a problem -
but once you get on a spammer's list you will end up on all of them.

 

[L.A.]

Actually it was for a guy I would rather not hear from again. I know about
how I can put him on the list where he's not even downloaded from my server,
but I kind of would like him to know that I'm not going to even accept his
e-mails anymore. If I put him on the list that doesn't download it from my
server, it never sends anything back to him letting him know that it wasn't
read. I just wasn't sure if there was a sure-fire way to do this. All my
garbage e-mail goes into junk or I remove the domain name.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

In Windows Live Mail you can enable an automatic 'bounce back'
for blocked senders.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[SMS]

You said you know about a list so they are not downloaded from your server.
How do you do that?

 

[L.A.]

Hi SMS...hope I haven't taken too long to respond. It's quite easy actually,
however as far as I can figure, you can only do it to one e-mail at a
time...I would love to be able to apply to MANY spams....here we go:
click directly on the e-mail you want deleted from the server
go to "tools" up in your bar
click "message rules"
there will be 1. and 2....at that point you just specify how you want the
returning e-mail from this sender handled. i.e. 1 would be mark off "where
the line contains people", then 2 would be "delete from server"..(you may
have to scroll down in the 2 box to find it), then you can name your
rule..."delete from server..rule", and hit ok. It's just as easy to delete
if you want to eliminate the rule.

I hope this helps. The problem for me is that if that particular person
doesn't get a "bounced back" message..they keep e-mailing and it goes into
cyberspace...so then they get mad thinking I am getting their e-s and
deliberately not responding...a bit different than a bounced back message
where they know I'm not getting them. Sigh...I'll get it figured out. I
thought Vista with all it's bells and whistles would have something so
creative...maybe on the next drawing board. xo

 

[L.A.]

Mr. VanderMolen....Thank you SO much for that post! I just read it and am
downloading it and hope this is exactly what I need!!!! Thank you! Thank
you! Thank you!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You're welcome.
Once you get Windows Live Mail installed, go to Tools, Safety Options,
Blocked Senders, and enable "Bounce blocked messages back to
sender".
Be judicious about using this option. I recommend putting only that
one undesired sender on the Blocked Senders list.