Can I easily add an add sender to blocked senders button to Outlook2003

[Jose]

I have XP Pro SP3 and Outlook 2003.

If I see a new message in my inbox and know it is SPAM or want to add
the sender to my blocked senders list, I have to right click the
message, scroll down to junk email, choose add to blocked senders....
It works fine, but too many steps.

I would like to just have the message highlighted and the simply click
a toolbar button or something to mark it as SPAM and add it to the
blocked senders.

My built in filtering and all works fine, I am just trying to reduce
this operation down to one click. Yahoo! mail has the Spam button
that allows this.

I am not too opposed to some safe third party add on if there are
suggestions, but thought there might be something built in Outlook I
am missing.

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Adding names to the blocked list is pointless - spammers only use them once.
Keep the outlook junk filter updated and set on high. Delete anything that
gets missed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/



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[Jose]

Adding names to the blocked list is pointless - spammers only use them once.
Keep the outlook junk filter updated and set on high. Delete anything that
gets missed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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I have XP Pro SP3 and Outlook 2003.

If I see a new message in my inbox and know it is SPAM or want to add
the sender to my blocked senders list, I have to right click the
message, scroll down to junk email, choose add to blocked senders....
It works fine, but too many steps.

I would like to just have the message highlighted and the simply click
a toolbar button or something to mark it as SPAM and add it to the
blocked senders.

My built in filtering and all works fine, I am just trying to reduce
this operation down to one click.  Yahoo! mail has the Spam button
that allows this.

I am not too opposed to some safe third party add on if there are
suggestions, but thought there might be something built in Outlook I
am missing.

Thanks!

I understand that and Outlook does a pretty good job already, I know
how to maintain that list, etc., but that is not my question...

Yahoo! also does a fair job of catching stuff on the way in, but they
have a single click option that does everything I have to do manunally
in Outlook.

It is inefficient.

Jose

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I would like to just have the message highlighted and the simply click
a toolbar button or something to mark it as SPAM and add it to the
blocked senders.

Outlook has no way to mark a message as spam. Menu-button-J-B will add the
sender of the selected item to the blocked list.

I am not too opposed to some safe third party add on if there are
suggestions, but thought there might be something built in Outlook I
am missing.

Nope.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The point is that there is nothing to do in outlook - adding names to the
blocked list is useless and the filter is updated monthly - there is nothing
a user needs to do. 10 to 1 yahoo doesn't do anything with the junk you
report anyway, so it's a waste of your time.

Microsoft did it this way because most users just want it to work, they
don't want to message around training filters and adding words to it - it's
a big productivity loss to have users updating filters.

If you want to update a filter get spambayes or similar.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/



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Adding names to the blocked list is pointless - spammers only use them
once.
Keep the outlook junk filter updated and set on high. Delete anything
that
gets missed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
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I have XP Pro SP3 and Outlook 2003.

If I see a new message in my inbox and know it is SPAM or want to add
the sender to my blocked senders list, I have to right click the
message, scroll down to junk email, choose add to blocked senders....
It works fine, but too many steps.

I would like to just have the message highlighted and the simply click
a toolbar button or something to mark it as SPAM and add it to the
blocked senders.

My built in filtering and all works fine, I am just trying to reduce
this operation down to one click. Yahoo! mail has the Spam button
that allows this.

I am not too opposed to some safe third party add on if there are
suggestions, but thought there might be something built in Outlook I
am missing.

Thanks!

I understand that and Outlook does a pretty good job already, I know
how to maintain that list, etc., but that is not my question...

Yahoo! also does a fair job of catching stuff on the way in, but they
have a single click option that does everything I have to do manunally
in Outlook.

It is inefficient.

Jose

 

[Jose]

The point is that there is nothing to do in outlook - adding names to the
blocked list is useless and the filter is updated monthly - there is nothing
a user needs to do. 10 to 1 yahoo doesn't do anything with the junk you
report anyway, so it's a waste of your time.

Microsoft did it this way because most users just want it to work, they
don't want to message around training filters and adding words to it - it's
a big productivity loss to have users updating filters.

If you want to update a filter get spambayes or similar.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
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Adding names to the blocked list is pointless - spammers only use them
once.
Keep the outlook junk filter updated and set on high. Delete anything
that
gets missed.
--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)
Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)
Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
You can access this newsgroup by
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I have XP Pro SP3 and Outlook 2003.
If I see a new message in my inbox and know it is SPAM or want to add
the sender to my blocked senders list, I have to right click the
message, scroll down to junk email, choose add to blocked senders.....
It works fine, but too many steps.
I would like to just have the message highlighted and the simply click
a toolbar button or something to mark it as SPAM and add it to the
blocked senders.
My built in filtering and all works fine, I am just trying to reduce
this operation down to one click. Yahoo! mail has the Spam button
that allows this.
I am not too opposed to some safe third party add on if there are
suggestions, but thought there might be something built in Outlook I
am missing.
Thanks!

I understand that and Outlook does a pretty good job already, I know
how to maintain that list, etc., but that is not my question...

Yahoo! also does a fair job of catching stuff on the way in, but they
have a single click option that does everything I have to do manunally
in Outlook.

It is inefficient.

Jose

Then why not just say "The current implementation of Outlook does not
provide this functionality".

Then to be more helpful, optionally offer an additional sentence along
the lines of "Some third party packages may offer this functionality
like <any you might have heard of>..."

I did not say Yahoo! does anything with what I click as SPAM. I don't
expect them to do anything with it or even care if they get notified.
It gets out of my inbox and moved to my SPAM folder in one click.
There is no training issue. There are no filters to modify. It is a
good idea.

This could have all been done in one efficient response instead of now
6 messages.