How to Block a Domain in Hotmail
We've all received pesky email messages about spam e-greeting cards, fake diet pills, bogus stock offerings and bank accounts we've never opened. Many of these emails emanate from the same domain name, such as fakeguy.com. By blocking a domain name, you can save time and inbox space. Once blocked, the unwanted emails aren't delivered to your inbox by your ISP. Here's how to block a domain on your Hotmail account.
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Instructions
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Click on "Options" in the far right corner of your screen. You'll see a "Personal Options" list in the middle of the screen. There's a column to the left with five choices: Personal, Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Upgrade. Choose "Mail."
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Look at the middle of your screen. "Junk E-Mail Protection" will be the first choice on the mail options list. Select it, and a new list opens.
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Hit "Block Senders," the fourth choice on the menu. Under the heading
"Type a single e-mail address (or domain)," there's a box. Enter the domain you want to block in that box, and then hit the "Add" tab. The domain name will appear in the large box on the right of the single-line box. -
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Continue the process for every domain name you want to block. When you are finished, hit the "OK" button. The screen reverts to the "Junk E-mail Protection" list. If you want to remove a domain name from the blocked list, highlight it with your cursor and hit the "Remove" button.
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Go to the blue "Mail" tab in the upper-middle portion of your screen and return to your inbox. Read and delete mail as normal. The blocked domains won't be delivered to your Hotmail inbox or to the spam folder.
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Many thanks for replying. The reasons they won't let block yahoo sound reasonable, but still, they should give that option to the user. Oh well... I'll continue searching for a way to get rid of that domain, and will get back to you as well, if find an answer. Thanks again.
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Ab Sáyago I wish! No, I don't and don't understand why, of all the domains Hotmail will block, it won't block yahoo. I guess they believe we'll regret blocking it, because it is so commonly used (for good or bad.) I plan to keep trying, and I'll get back to you.
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Hi. Got any solutions? I'm having the same problem. My email address is suddenly full of spam coming from yahoo.com. I'm sick of deleting just a bunch of messages every time, and Hotmail won't let me block the entire domain...
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I have attempted to block Yahoo as a domain, using the instructions above. Hotmail posts a message, stating I cannot block (presumably would not want to block) Yahoo. Because much of my obscene and malicious spam comes from Yahoo users, I do want to block the domain. Suggestions?
