blocking email on Hotmail.com

14 years ago

For some reason I cannot find instructions for doing this.

I have Microsoft XP and know I have done this in the past.

Now somehow, I just can't find my way through the process.

Please help. Thanks

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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
14 years ago
Go to Optionsin the upper right hand corner and then choose More options from the drop down menu.

Then under Junk Mail, choose Safe and Blocked Members...and then Blocked Senders and go from there.

Sue
andyf
14 years ago
As an aside, this is the stickler of most mail programs.
Providing a list of blocked senders is an exercise in futility for new senders.

Why not have a "Safe, excude Everyone Else" option. This is because these mail providers cater to the Ad people who would complain.

I know some seniors who only have 10 or more people they communicate with ever. They tell people by word of mouth their mail address. They could include these names in a Safe list.

3rd party programs can do this, but why should we need to.?

Andy
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not2bright
14 years ago
Andy,

I think there are a few email services that operate the way I believe you'd like. Bluebottle.com is one. PrivacyHarbor.com is another.

The latter has something they call "SnapGuard." When someone signs up for the service (which has free and premium options), ALL new main will end up in SnapGuard. The user chooses whether to accept or discard the individual emails or, thirdly, to mark them as Spam. Once you accept an email (address), that person's emails go directly into your inbox from then on. If you discard it, the individual email is discarded, but the next email from that person will again end up in SnapGuard until it (the person's email address) is either Accepted or marked as Spam. Once a message is marked Spam, that sender's emails are automatically sent to the spam folder and marked as 'read' so you will never be bothered with them again.

And from Bluebottle's site: Bluebottle Spam-Free Email is easy to use. When Bluebottle receives a message from an email address or domain not on your "Allowed" list, it emails the sender a "verification request". This asks the sender to verify themselves by clicking on a link. Once verified, the system automatically adds the sender's email address to your "Allowed" list and the message is sent through. Future messages are automatically let through until you remove the senders email address from your "Allowed" list.

These two services -- and there are surely others -- work by being suspicious of everyone's emails coming to you and only allowing through to your inbox the ones you specifically designate as safe. :-)

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