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I get spam from a Chinese site 163.com - apparently from randomly-generated email addresses. I want to block the entire domain if possible. Can I put in a wild card or something to block these messages? And how are they sending them to me - using a telephonenumber@carrier.net kind of an I.D. or what? I've blocked over 20 individual senders so far but I can see this is going to continue to grow.
iOS 7.1, iPhone and iPad and Mac
There is no spam filter in the Mail App, however, your email provider likely provides programmable spam filters.
Use their email web interface to see what they have.
Thanks, Jim, but the question wasn't about the mail app. It was about the Messages app. These are coming in as IM's. There is a block-caller feature in Messages but it seems to be on a caller-by-caller basis. I'm hoping for something to block the entire domain.
Kevin
No, there isn't.
Further information - these spam messages appear in the Messages app of both my iPad and my iPhone. As far as I know, I cannot normally receive SMS on my iPad. Therefore, these appear to be through iMessage, meaning they care coming from an iOS or MacOS system.
The suggestion to contact my "carrier" about blocking - well, I guess the "carrier" would be Apple?
There is no facility to block domains in the Messages feature.
how do I block spam instant messages from email addresses?
