Add domain to blocked list. Why not??

[eman6]

Can somebody explain to me why in MS Outlook email I can add sender's domain to safe senders list I cannot add the sender's domain to blocked senders list?

I'm talking about the domain itself.
I receive many junk that keeps coming again and again under different sender within the same domains.

Am I too stupid to understand the great wisedom the software engineers had when they designed Outlook not to offer this option?

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Eman6
Technical User

 

[smah]

What version of Outlook & is this using an Exchange server or a local .pst file?

 

[eman6]

Outlook 2002, but 2003 is not any better.
Local .pst.
Why should that matter?

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Eman6
Technical User

 

[smah]

It would matter because an Exchange setup uses an entirely different rule set.

I can't seem to find a blocked or a safe sender list in the default Outlook 2002 installation.

 

[eman6]

In the menu Action_Junk Email.
You are right. In Outlook 2002, you have only two options:
Add to junk mail list.
Add to Adult content list.

But coming back to the more elaborate options in Outlook 2003.
- Add sender to blocked sender list.
- Add sender to safe sender list.
- Add sender's domain to safe senders list.

- Add recipient to safe senders list

By the way, ADD RECIPIENT TO SAFE RECIPIENT LIST???
What for do I need this option?
I think the guy was sleepy or drunk when he developped this part of Outlook. It is definitely more necessary to have:
- Add sender's domain to blocked sender's list.

Don't you agree with me?

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Eman6
Technical User

 

[flapeyre]

How about creating a rule that says - If the sender's address contains "@baddomain.com", permanently delete it (or move it to junk e-mail folder), and stop processing more rules.
Put that rule at the top. Ought to acheive the same thing as the junk list.



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[eman6]

Of course, flapeyre. Could do that like all other rules.
But then, why in a hell did they provide a junk email feature? Could do any of them by rules method.

Right?

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Eman6
Technical User

 

[flapeyre]

I don't disagree. But yoy gotta do what you gotta do.

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[franklin97355]

You could write Microsoft and ask them why they did it the way they did.

The answer has always been 42