In Tahoe 26.3.1, when I execute the "Block Sender" command on a specific e-mail address in Apple Mail, I no longer get a slashed circle icon to indicate the sender is now on my blocked list. Any work arounds out there or is this a bug that Apple has not acknowledged yet?
On Mac, I was able to solve this issue by manually going in and deleting all previous blocked contacts and starting fresh.
Open mail, go to settings, junk mail, blocked. Select "Manage Blocked Contacts". Manually delete all blocked contacts. (You can click drag multiples or click/shift+click).
(This may take some time and repeated efforts to clear everything, I had over 5000 blocked contacts)
This automatically fixed the same issue on my iPhone without doing anything on the phone itself.
Worked for me anyway.
Thank you for the advice! If you deleted all previous blocked senders did that not "unblock" them and thus they were able to bombard your inbox again? My iPhone seems to block unwanted senders Ok but only when they are in the bin.
Digitool - thank you for the potential solution. I'll get to work trying this solution. I too have a high number of blocked contacts in my mail. Somehow, with the use of AI to generate spam, I have the feeling that I will end up with more than I removed eventually! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Fingers crossed that it works - at least until the next OS edition...
That is the current version I am running. Still no joy.
I'm having this issue too - it's annoying! Apple, PLEASE fix this!
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I'm having the same problem using macOS 26.5 😕
I am having the same problem and the number of spam emails has increased significantly. What to do?
Block Sender in Apple Mail No Longer Works
