Blocked Contacts Limit Reached

deejme wrote:

it’s emails, too—which adds up to THOUSANDS easily.

Email spam should be handled using whatever system your email app offers. If you're using Apple Mail, see here:

Report and reduce spam in iCloud Mail - Apple Support

Filter emails in Mail on iPhone - Apple Support

And fyi, the only two options on iPhone are 1. Block and 2. Report Spam & Block—if there was a way to ONLY report spam, we would do that, but those of us who have reached our limit, selecting Report Spam & Block gives us the same notice of reaching our blocked limit so who knows if it’s actually being reported for spam?

To tell the truth, it probably doesn't matter much because, as I keep pointing out, the numbers aren't real. Just delete them and go on about your life. The only thing you can really do about spam is not respond.

Pmdarby wrote:

Why is there a limit? This needs to be addressed and changed immediately!

Why are you telling us this? This is a user to user only forum. Apple isn't here and won't see you want anything addressed or changed. We users certainly didn't have anything to do with a limit. And we certainly can't do anything to change it.

Feel free to tell Apple what you think they need to do here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Out of curiosity, why do you need more than 3000 blocked contacts? Did you read any of the replies in this thread, which had you actually read, you'd learn that if you block spam numbers, you're wasting your time. Read the thread. It's only two pages.

Pmdarby wrote:

Why is there a limit? This needs to be addressed and changed immediately!

There is a limit to everything in life. Whether the limit 3000 or 10,000 or 100,000 there are users who will think it isn’t enough. If there was no limit you could fill up all of your iPhone’s storage with numbers that will never call you again. Then you would complain about why you had no free storage. 3000 is a reasonable compromise.

Mac Jim ID wrote:

It stops users who think they are controlling Spam by blocking numbers. That is ineffective when the sending number/email is just spoofed and completely made up, where you are likely never to even receive any other communication again from that same location.

This begins to remind me of when Apple removed the "Bounce" feature from Mail. There were people who believed that meant they would get even more spam. No matter how many times they were told it wasn't an effective anti-spam measure, they remained irate.

Kayak_Salida wrote:

My contact list was blocked after Apple sent me an upgrade. It’s another software bug that Apple.com is becoming famous for. **** sad. Time to switch phone manufacturers.

No one here on this user to user only forum honestly cares what phone you choose. You also clearly didn't read past the first post. Feel free to do as you please. It's your money.

Kayak_Salida wrote:

My contact list was blocked after Apple sent me an upgrade. It’s another software bug that Apple.com is becoming famous for. **** sad. Time to switch phone manufacturers.

That is a great idea, also review the Android/Samsung Support forums and you will find posts there saying users are going to switch to the iPhone. Nobody really cares what you do. I bet you can even find a promotion from a cell provider that will give you a free phone and/or pay for you to switch to them.

Why is there a limit? This needs to be addressed and changed immediately!

My contact list was blocked after Apple sent me an upgrade. It’s another software bug that Apple.com is becoming famous for. **** sad. Time to switch phone manufacturers.