How to block emails on your iPhone

This helped me: http://www.macworld.com/article/2032520/using-mails-rules-smart-mailboxes-and-vi ps.html

I have the same question.

In MS Outlook 2010 I can simply right-click and choose "Block Sender" on any message. 2 seconds; fast, easy and simple.

How can I do that with Mac Mail? It looks like it takes like 5 steps to do it in Mail.

Please tell me there's a better way. Please tell me that Apple can do a simple function that Microsoft could do 5 years ago.

Same question. Setting up a rule for every address is a pain. Isn't there some simple way?

FWIW, If there were a simpler way, I would have posted it, and I am not intentionally withholding information here, nor are other folks.

As mentioned upthread, you can use server-side mail rules to delete (and generally not block, nor bounce) incoming mail messages, though whether you or your mail provider can access the mail server varies by provider, and by mail server. Some providers have this capability. Some do not. Some provide web access into SpamAssassin or other server-side rules. Others do not.

Check with your mail ISP for details here.

I do use server-side rules to blacklist specific users and specific domains. This is possible with OS X Server hosting your mail, and with hosting providers that offer SpamAssassin or similar access.

Locally within a client, you can use mail rules within Mail.app or similar mechanisms available within other mail clients to delete messages from specific senders. Not all mail clients have this capability. If your mail client lacks rules — such as the iOS mail client — then you can potentially have a computer system — a desktop that can remain powered on at all times — then that system can generally be configured to recieve and delete these mail messages on behalf of the script-less clients.

Alternatively, use the junk button a few times, and train the junk filter to find and nuke the messages.

If you want to see Mail.app provide a one-click nuke button, then please send the suggestion to Apple. There's a suggestion submission item within the Mavericks Mail.app menus, and probably earlier. The  folks might or might not see what's posted here.

Unfortunately, if you use MobileMe, you're only option, server side, is to move to trash. You can't set it as read, you can't automatically delete it, you can't block it, bounce it, or anything like that. Setting rules in the OS X Mail app does no good whatsoever if you mostly use your iOS device for mail. Apple has always been behind the curve in this matter.

To block email addresses from Apple IOS 8 iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, use the following procedure- Tap "From", and choose "Create Contact", "New". Jot down the name and email address, or remember the sender's info. If you forget, open the email, and tap "From". Next open "Settings", and scroll down to "Face Time". Tap "Face Time", and scroll to the bottom, and tap "Blocked". Scroll to the bottom (if you have other blocked phone numbers or addresses), and tap "Add New", and "Contacts" opens. Tap the Contact you want to block, and you're done. Tap the back arrow twice, and you're back to the main "Settings" page. I figured this out the hard way, because I was unable to find an accurate iOS 8 procedure. I hope this helps!

I read this over 4 times and cannot understand your instructions, can you clarify them?

Great Save TY!

Hi, this is the way i recently encountered how to successfully "block sender" w a simple way in my desktop Imac.

1) Click "Mail" (top bar)

2) choose "Preferences"

3) See the 8 icons on top, select "Rules"

4) There would be popped out small box

5) See the 2nd line : "if any of the following conditions met....." (remains same)

6) Next line is "Any recipient" ...you hv to change it "From" . follow by contains (remain same)

See the empty blank box, now you can input unwanted spam/sender email address into this box.

7) Last line...Perform following action, move the messages to "on my mac choose- Trash. Done!

Hope u understand my guidelines above, hope it help:)!!

Thanks mate, works well.

It makes me wonder why this isn't as easy to implement in the lousy standard email app.

blocking the senders in facetime settings didnt work for me, theyre all in the list yet can still email me 😟 always out and about on my phone annoying I have to go on my mac to block people :/

Thanks kaitlingrey, I too found that using Face Time as suggested did not work either. In fact I added the word 'scam' to the senders 'name' when I added them to my contact list, eg "Maddison" became 'Maddison Scam' in my list of contacts. The very next scam email included the added word 'Scam', Just how this was achieved by the scammer I do not know! I'm using Microsoft Outlook for Mac as my email system on my laptop.

Like you I can block these email at my Mac laptop, via my ISP but even then not all scam emails are filtered out by the ISP, even by using a scam setting of 2 (setting of 1 would block all emails) The ISP referred me to this Web site as they don't know how to block these from my 'phone either.

Its time that Apple stepped in and sorted this out, there has to be a simple method of blocking unwanted and mischievous emails from the Apple iPhones.

It would appear that this problem has been around for a long time, that being so then Apple are not upholding their security commitments to its iPhone customers. Ric@V

I was having this problem too but I'm glad I figured a way out. Just follow Method 2 on this link from wikihow http://m.wikihow.com/Block-an-Email-Address-on-iPhone

THanks so much! I have been inundated with spam recently and was able to block those whose email I had placed in junk email. Will do the same with any others I receive.

tthank you for this,