Why doesn't "Block" work in Apple Mail to move emails automatically into Trash when that option is selected?
My problem is that I have blocked a lot of spam email addresses, and in Preferences, I have selected "When email from blocked address arrives: Move it to the Trash" in "Junk Mail">"Blocked". But even though I have this option selected, Mail never automatically moves these messages to the Trash. Why doesn't this work correctly? I have tried a number of my own troubleshooting things with this such as keeping junk in my Inbox when it arrives, rather than Junk (thinking maybe it'll only move it to Trash if it's in my Inbox, but not if it's in Junk), doing the opposite (telling it to automatically move junk mail to Junk when it arrives, hoping it will then automatically transfer them to Trash), restarting Mail after making changes in Preferences, restarting my whole computer after I make changes in Preferences, checking to see if I can set up a Rule to achieve this instead, and trying to change it at the "iCloud" level of Mail preferences (it wasn't even an option). I also checked this topic in Community first, and although there are several close questions, none that I saw were exactly my question and/or none of the answers helped me. It seems SO simple that this feature of Mail automatically moving mail from Blocked senders to the Trash should work seamlessly. Why isn't it working but more importantly, how can I make this work right!? Thanks!
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.6
