iPhone 11 Hotmail spam messages

How do I block all Hotmail messages that comes as text messages. I don’t even have a Hotmail account, but been getting multiple mms messages from Hotmail user’s. They come in as a group message of 20 people. I blocked all of them and the next day, I have another from another group of 20. All of them are Hotmail. And and all help will be greatly appreciated.

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 9:23 AM

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Posted on Nov 24, 2020 1:24 PM

Hi Jrock479,


Thanks for the post in Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you're receiving a lot of unwanted spam messages. That's always frustrating, and we're glad to see if we can help out.


While there's not a way to block all messages from a particular source in that way, there is an option to "Filter Unknown Senders" under Settings > Messages. That will prevent messages from anyone not in your contact list from coming through, and should apply to the spam messages you're describing: Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


We hope that works for you! Best wishes.

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Nov 24, 2020 1:24 PM in response to Jrock479

Hi Jrock479,


Thanks for the post in Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you're receiving a lot of unwanted spam messages. That's always frustrating, and we're glad to see if we can help out.


While there's not a way to block all messages from a particular source in that way, there is an option to "Filter Unknown Senders" under Settings > Messages. That will prevent messages from anyone not in your contact list from coming through, and should apply to the spam messages you're describing: Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


We hope that works for you! Best wishes.

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