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no spam February 11th 07 11:16 PM

blocked sender list
 
Will wildcards work ?


Diane Poremsky [MVP] February 12th 07 02:11 AM

blocked sender list
 
No. Wildcards are not supported. The blocked sender list is only useful for
blocking mail from specific annoying senders - like a former friend or a
newsletter you can't get unsubscribed from.

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"no spam" wrote in message
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Will wildcards work ?




no spam February 12th 07 05:09 AM

blocked sender list
 
In article ,
says...

[snip]

No. Wildcards are not supported. The blocked sender list is only useful for
blocking mail from specific annoying senders - like a former friend or a
newsletter you can't get unsubscribed from.


You can block domains and sometimes the domains have 3-5 entries. How can you
block domains then?

thanks


Brian Tillman February 12th 07 08:20 PM

blocked sender list
 
no spam wrote:

You can block domains and sometimes the domains have 3-5 entries. How
can you block domains then?


User "@domain" in the Blocked Senders list.
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Brian Tillman

no spam February 13th 07 01:43 AM

blocked sender list
 
In article ,
says...

[snip]

No. Wildcards are not supported.


To me that doesn't make any sense. When you have spam like the following,
", it would be so easy to
input *@*haapavesi*.*


Diane Poremsky [MVP] February 14th 07 01:17 AM

blocked sender list
 
using the blocked senders list makes no sense - most spam is sent from a
different address every time making blocking addresses pointless. The safe
and blocked lists can hold a total of about 2000 addresses between them -
you could easily fill it up in a day or two by blocking addresses and
domains. It's better to set junk email to high and add addresses to the safe
list. The blocked list should have just a few addresses on it, many times
fewer than the safe lists.

if outlooks filters aren't meeting your needs, get a better filter - one of
the best is spambayes and it's free. Links to this and other programs are at
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/junkmail.htm

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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"no spam" wrote in message
...
In article ,

says...

[snip]

No. Wildcards are not supported.


To me that doesn't make any sense. When you have spam like the following,
", it would be so easy to
input *@*haapavesi*.*




no spam February 14th 07 01:45 AM

blocked sender list
 
In article ,
says...


In article ,

says...

[snip]

No. Wildcards are not supported.


To me that doesn't make any sense. When you have spam like the following,
", it would be so easy to
input *@*haapavesi*.*


Not only that but you should be able to tag multiple spam emails and send
them to the "blocked senders" list.



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