Blocking Email from a specific domain

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Blocking Email from a specific domain

This continues to be a flaw in Apple Mail that would seemingly be simple. I am deluged with spam from the same domain but with randomly generated prefixes. Blocking the email does nothing, as they just generate another address. It has been noted multiple times in this forum across the years. How do I block spam email from a specific… - Apple Community Yet it seems like it should be an easy "fix" for Apple.

I've tried spam filters, e.g. SpamSieve, and it identifies it as spam, but still requires reviewing and deleting. In other words, they don't work for this.

Ideas, anyone?

Posted on Oct 18, 2023 11:46 AM

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MartinR

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Oct 18, 2023 6:27 PM in response to MSW818

Try logging into your mail account at your ISP. (This would be directly via webmail in your browser, not the Apple Mail client.) Most ISPs have blacklist & whitelist functions there that you can set for individual domains and email addresses. Many even allow you to use wildcard characters in the domain & email address entries. If you can set that up via webmail, the ISP email servers will screen the spam for you. It won't even get to your Apple Mail client.

If you are using iCloud email, log into your iCloud account via your web browser, then set up a Rule in your iCloud mail settings to move messages from the domain in question directly to trash.

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Jan 10, 2024 7:43 AM in response to MSW818

MSW818 wrote:

I've tried spam filters, e.g. SpamSieve, and it identifies it as spam, but still requires reviewing and deleting. In other words, they don't work for this.

SpamSieve 3 adds an option to move certain messages (e.g. matching the blocklist, and you can add domains to the blocklist) directly to the trash so that they don’t be mixed in with the other spam messages in Junk.

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Blocking Email from a specific domain

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