Bouncing Mail.

[Dave]

Hi all,

For reasons of my own, I would like to not only block mail from a particular
sender,
I'd also like to "bounce" it back to them, so that they know that I am not
taking their e-mails.

Is there a way to to this in Windows Mail, or Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

 

[sherbert]

I always thought that if you blocked it, it did bounce back. If it didn't
where else would it go?

 

[Guest]

Hi all,

For reasons of my own, I would like to not only block mail from a
particular sender,
I'd also like to "bounce" it back to them, so that they know that I am not
taking their e-mails.

Is there a way to to this in Windows Mail, or Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

If your email provider offers webmail, it's often easier to do this
when logged through webmail than to do it with Windows Mail.

Avoid doing this for unknown users, though, since it gives any
spammers that happen to guess your email address and also
happen to include a working return address the information that
your email address actually reaches someone, and therefore
might be a good place to send more spam.

 

[Guest]

Depending on details of your setup, usually either the Junk E-mail
folder or the Deleted Items folder. However, it can also be just
deleted instead

 

[Dave]

Hi all,

For reasons of my own, I would like to not only block mail from a
particular sender,
I'd also like to "bounce" it back to them, so that they know that I am not
taking their e-mails.

Is there a way to to this in Windows Mail, or Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

Doesn't it just go to the junk mail folder?

 

[DL]

Not in OL2007 as the mail has to be received by OL first - generally its not
a good idea to bounce mail

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

No, blocked mail doesn't get bounced. It goes into your Junk E-mail
folder, which you should periodically review and empty.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Windows Mail doesn't have that option, but Windows Live Mail does.
However, that feature should not be used with spam.

 

[Dave]

Hi all,

For reasons of my own, I would like to not only block mail from a
particular sender,
I'd also like to "bounce" it back to them, so that they know that I am not
taking their e-mails.

Is there a way to to this in Windows Mail, or Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

I want this person to know that their e-mails are not welcome.

Surely there must be a way of bouncing their mail so they get the message?

Dave.

 

[Dave]

Not exactly a bounce, but you can create a rule to reply to that person with
a saved message.

Compose a message, stating that you will not read their messages, etc.
Save it as a .eml file, using File - Save As

Create a rule, Tools - Message rules - Mail
New...
1. [x] where the From line contains people
2. [x] reply with message
[x] Delete it
3. click on "contains people" and add their email address
click on "message" and go find the message you saved previously
4. give the rule a name
OK

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Did you not see my response? You can do what you want
if you upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I want this person to know that their e-mails are not welcome.

Surely there must be a way of bouncing their mail so they get the message?

Dave.

WinMail will let you make a Message Ryle to Forward the mail to the email
address you watch for in the From header.

 

[Dave]

Hi all,

For reasons of my own, I would like to not only block mail from a
particular sender,
I'd also like to "bounce" it back to them, so that they know that I am not
taking their e-mails.

Is there a way to to this in Windows Mail, or Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

Thanks guys,

Between all the suggestions, I will work something out.

Thanks again,

Dave.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

WinMail will let you make a Message Ryle to Forward the mail to the email
address you watch for in the From header.

Indeed, but it won't look like a real bounce.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

WinMail will let you make a Message Ryle to Forward the mail to the email
address you watch for in the From header.

True