How to block sender - newsgroups

[just bob]

Using windows Mail to read USENET it seems the "Block Sender" feature is
missing from the "Message" menu.

Please tell me MS has not taken away the ability to block posts from people
who pollute USENET!

Thanks,
-Bob

 

[Venger]

You now have to create a rule - it works, it just sucks. Oh, and then APPLY
the rule to the existing folder...

Really, Windows Mail looks like crippleware, designed to suck just enough to
get you to want to go schlep out for Outlook 2007.

Venger

 

[just bob]

You now have to create a rule - it works, it just sucks. Oh, and then
APPLY the rule to the existing folder...

Really, Windows Mail looks like crippleware, designed to suck just enough
to get you to want to go schlep out for Outlook 2007.

I have Outlook 2007 (it was a gift for attending a launch event).... does
it do USENET newsgroups now????

 

[just bob]

Just looked at the rule creation. What a piece of crap! I have to add the
bad guy I want to block to my contacts first? Come on, this bites.

MS is giving us more and more reason to hate Vista.

 

[Venger]

I have Outlook 2007 (it was a gift for attending a launch event)....
does it do USENET newsgroups now????

Nope, you still get to use Windows Mail for that...

You know, I'm in the tech field and it takes some doing to explain why I
kept using OE for Mail and News, and my argument to them was, it just works,
well. Well, not so much anymore...

Venger

 

[Venger]

You don't have to add them to contacts...highlight the message from the
sender you want to can, select Create Message from Rule, and then fill in
the rest...

Still sucks, though.

Venger

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You don't need to create a rule. Just do:
Message, Junk E-mail, Add Sender to Blocked Sender List.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Nope, you still get to use Windows Mail for that...

You know, I'm in the tech field and it takes some doing to explain why I
kept using OE for Mail and News, and my argument to them was, it just
works, well. Well, not so much anymore...

Venger

You don't have to use WinMail for NNTP. I read that Thunderbird works in
Vista.

 

[Michael]

Venger,

Message
Junk Email
Add Sender to blocked senders list

Michael

 

[mikeyhsd]

seems to me under the MESSAGE tab at the top there are options to use for this purpose just as there was in xp.


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Using windows Mail to read USENET it seems the "Block Sender" feature is
missing from the "Message" menu.

Please tell me MS has not taken away the ability to block posts from people
who pollute USENET!

Thanks,
-Bob

 

[Venger]

Does this work in Newsgroups? A little counter-intuitive to head into the
Junk E-Mail when working in Usenet, but if it works...

Venger

 

[Michael]

Venger,

Yes works in newsgroups, it is what I use to get rid of all the trolls and
flamers (getting quite a list !).
Also, yes it is not all that obvious that that is where the option went, I
can see the rational - it is junk mail - but took me a while to find it.

Michael

 

[just bob]

You don't have to add them to contacts...highlight the message from the
sender you want to can, select Create Message from Rule, and then fill in
the rest...

Still sucks, though.

Venger

Yeah, what is really still missing is the ability to add the block sender
and it promoted you to remove all messages from the sender. So if someone
posts 200 messages a day of filth they could all be removed quite easily.