Windows Mail (Vista) questions

[DMM]

A couple of issues have cropped up when using Windows Mail, and I was
wondering if anyone else has seen these:

When posting messages to newsgroups, I can't post a message with a subject
that contains a colon, like this--Ping: Ralph. The message seems to be sent,
but never appears in the NG.

Why did MS eliminate the "block sender" command? Now I have to go through a
convoluted series of steps to simply block a sender! Is there an easier way
than creating rules and manually adding names to that rule?

 

[Bob]

Why did MS eliminate the "block sender" command? Now I have to go through
a convoluted series of steps to simply block a sender! Is there an easier
way than creating rules and manually adding names to that rule?

Alt+M then E. Tick "Delete it"

 

[Dave]

I've seen the colon problem with Agent, so I don't think it's a WM thing.

Block Sender is still here...
right-click on a message, select Junk Email - Add Senders to blocked sender
list
but it won't remove existing messages from that sender.
and it doesn't work well in newsgroup, due to the fake email addresses
posters use & change.