Vista - What happened to the "Block Sender" option ?

In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
No different from blocking a spammer for email

Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail

What's the workaround on this ?

Message
Junk Email
Add sender to Blocked Sender list

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
news:7F2C0EE1-44FC-4D56-A2EB-228F3F8C2131@microsoft.com...
> In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
> No different from blocking a spammer for email
>
> Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail
>
> What's the workaround on this ?

It's still there:
Message, Junk E-mail, Add sender to Blocked Senders list.

That "Junk E-mail" is a bit of a misnomer.
Also, OE would offer to delete all current posts from the blocked sender,
which WM doesn't do.

Gary VanderMolen

"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message news:7F2C0EE1-44FC-4D56-A2EB-228F3F8C2131@microsoft.com...
> In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
> No different from blocking a spammer for email
>
> Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail
>
> What's the workaround on this ?

Gosh,

What an improvement
<Irony OFF>

But thanks for the answer

By the way, In Tools, you could see the Blocked Senders list
Where is that hidden now ?




"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23j6p969xHHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> It's still there:
> Message, Junk E-mail, Add sender to Blocked Senders list.
>
> That "Junk E-mail" is a bit of a misnomer.
> Also, OE would offer to delete all current posts from the blocked sender,
> which WM doesn't do.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
> news:7F2C0EE1-44FC-4D56-A2EB-228F3F8C2131@microsoft.com...
>> In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
>> No different from blocking a spammer for email
>>
>> Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail
>>
>> What's the workaround on this ?
>
>

Tried it

Is it supposed to make all the messages of the Blocked sender disappear a la
OE ?
Nothing seems to happen when I click on that option
The allegedly blocked sender remains visiable
The program doesn't even appear to be doing anything when you click that
option.



"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:OZSFey9xHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Message
> Junk Email
> Add sender to Blocked Sender list
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
> news:7F2C0EE1-44FC-4D56-A2EB-228F3F8C2131@microsoft.com...
>> In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
>> No different from blocking a spammer for email
>>
>> Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail
>>
>> What's the workaround on this ?
>

AFAIK, it does nothing for already received messages.
But you should not see any more from that person as long as they do
not change their name.
Some routinely deliberately change their name to make it difficult for
them to be blocked.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
news:F9465FD2-845E-44F0-A61A-64536E0F136E@microsoft.com...
> Tried it
>
> Is it supposed to make all the messages of the Blocked sender
> disappear a la OE ?
> Nothing seems to happen when I click on that option
> The allegedly blocked sender remains visiable
> The program doesn't even appear to be doing anything when you
> click that option.

Tools, Junk E-mail Options, Blocked Senders.

Gary VanderMolen


"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message news:#R4Lt$9xHHA.5888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Gosh,
>
> What an improvement
> <Irony OFF>
>
> But thanks for the answer
>
> By the way, In Tools, you could see the Blocked Senders list
> Where is that hidden now ?
>
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:%23j6p969xHHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> It's still there:
>> Message, Junk E-mail, Add sender to Blocked Senders list.
>>
>> That "Junk E-mail" is a bit of a misnomer.
>> Also, OE would offer to delete all current posts from the blocked sender,
>> which WM doesn't do.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message news:7F2C0EE1-44FC-4D56-A2EB-228F3F8C2131@microsoft.com...
>>> In OE, you had the option to block a sender in a newsgroup
>>> No different from blocking a spammer for email
>>>
>>> Now this option has disappeared in Windows Mail
>>>
>>> What's the workaround on this ?
>>
>>
>
>

Does NOT work

Killfiled on such idiot that has been on my blocked sender list in OE
Doest NOT work under Mail

1) Blocked him
2) Left the group
3) Shut down Mail
4) Re-started Mail
5) He's still there




"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:OnXZsQ%23xHHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> AFAIK, it does nothing for already received messages.
> But you should not see any more from that person as long as they do not
> change their name.
> Some routinely deliberately change their name to make it difficult for
> them to be blocked.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
> news:F9465FD2-845E-44F0-A61A-64536E0F136E@microsoft.com...
>> Tried it
>>
>> Is it supposed to make all the messages of the Blocked sender disappear a
>> la OE ?
>> Nothing seems to happen when I click on that option
>> The allegedly blocked sender remains visiable
>> The program doesn't even appear to be doing anything when you click
>> that option.
>

To block a sender in Windows Mail newsgroups...
Open a message from that sender
click on Message - Junk E-mail - Add Sender to Blocked Sender List
It only blocks new posts from that email address (which is likely munged),
it does not remove messages already downloaded.
Of course, trolls keep changing that fake email address.

You can also create a news rule
Tools - Message Rules - News -
Condition:
[x] from xxxxxxxxxx
[x] or contains xxxxxxx

Action:
[x] delete it
[x] mark it read

after you create it, you can run the "Apply Now" to remove existing
messages




"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
news:778DA07F-FA9C-4336-A67C-1184268FD91C@microsoft.com...
>
> Does NOT work
>
> Killfiled on such idiot that has been on my blocked sender list in OE
> Doest NOT work under Mail
>
> 1) Blocked him
> 2) Left the group
> 3) Shut down Mail
> 4) Re-started Mail
> 5) He's still there
>
>
>
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
> news:OnXZsQ%23xHHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> AFAIK, it does nothing for already received messages.
>> But you should not see any more from that person as long as they do not
>> change their name.
>> Some routinely deliberately change their name to make it difficult for
>> them to be blocked.
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message
>> news:F9465FD2-845E-44F0-A61A-64536E0F136E@microsoft.com...
>>> Tried it
>>>
>>> Is it supposed to make all the messages of the Blocked sender disappear
>>> a la OE ?
>>> Nothing seems to happen when I click on that option
>>> The allegedly blocked sender remains visiable
>>> The program doesn't even appear to be doing anything when you click
>>> that option.
>>
>
>

As already mentioned, Blocked Sender will not affect previously
downloaded messages. Are you saying that *new* posts from the
blocked sender are still being downloaded? I have heard that this
feature does not work very well in WM.

Gary VanderMolen

"I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message news:778DA07F-FA9C-4336-A67C-1184268FD91C@microsoft.com...
>
> Does NOT work
>
> Killfiled on such idiot that has been on my blocked sender list in OE
> Doest NOT work under Mail
>
> 1) Blocked him
> 2) Left the group
> 3) Shut down Mail
> 4) Re-started Mail
> 5) He's still there
>
>
>
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message news:OnXZsQ%23xHHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> AFAIK, it does nothing for already received messages.
>> But you should not see any more from that person as long as they do not change their name.
>> Some routinely deliberately change their name to make it difficult for them to be blocked.
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> "I. M. Curious" <IM@Curious.com> wrote in message news:F9465FD2-845E-44F0-A61A-64536E0F136E@microsoft.com...
>>> Tried it
>>>
>>> Is it supposed to make all the messages of the Blocked sender disappear a la OE ?
>>> Nothing seems to happen when I click on that option
>>> The allegedly blocked sender remains visiable
>>> The program doesn't even appear to be doing anything when you click that option.
>>
>
>