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email filter to block domain
I am trying to create filters to discard any and all emails from outlook.com and hotmail.com.
The following have been unsuccessful in 'Sender/From' contains:
@outlook.com
outlook.com
*.outlook.com
hotmail.com
@hotmail.com
*.onmicrosoft.com
Action is set to 'Discard'.
I have viewed multiple messages that made it through the filters and they all have the above in the messages. All have been manually marked as Spam.
What do I need to do to stop these messages from appearing in my inbox?
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
XfinityNicolas
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4 months ago
Hey @user_4667vr, thanks for reaching out to Xfinity Support on our forums. Are they still coming from those domains? I know Microsoft also has live ones as well.
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user_ejr715
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@user_4667vr If support can give you a solid answer, please share! it's Driving me crazy, I use all the EXACT SAME filters as you do, and every day I am STILL getting and adding MORE filters to get rid of these stupid spam messages. BEST_OFFERES, outlook.com, I would love to be able to finally solve this.
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user_4667vr
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4 months ago
Any update? Changing the browser does not help.
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BruceW
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4 months ago
If the message "From:" line contains the domain name, a filter condition like
Sender/From Contains dominos.com
should catch it. If that domain appears in a different header, you need to use a different condition. Also, if the rule has multiple conditions, you probably want to set the rule to "Apply if any" rather than "Apply if all".
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user_4667vr
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4 months ago
@ BruceW, Thank you for your reply. I agree with you that using Send/From and domain name should block email from a domain. Unfortunately, it is not working.
I have defined the following filters:
Filter name, Sender/From contains, Actions
*.onmicrosoft.com *.onmicrosoft.com, Reject with reason - "no such address", discard
outlook.com 06-14-2024 *@outlook.com, Reject with reason - Unknown recipient, discard
*@outlook.com *@outlook.com, Discard
outlook again 07042024 outlook, Reject with reason - no such address, Discard
at outlook, again @outlook.com Discard
@hotmail.com @hotmail.com Discard
hotmail.com hotmail.com Discard
New rule outlook.com outlook.com Discard
All filter rules have only a single condition - "Sender/From contains".
Recent spam messages have contained the following "From":
From: "KohI's -Rachael Ray Cucina Cookware Confirmation-" <2unlocked-gift-361-2222@outlook.com>
From: "Nerve repair ritual - home neuropathy fix" <2u-293-6j58@outlook.com>
From: "[Edited: "Language"] Claims Eligibility" <da-wxd-xnxn@outlook.com>
From: "[Edited: "Language"] Claims Eligibility" <da-sls-okok@outlook.com>
From: "-iCloud Storage Limit Notice-" <5jfxx-j3g93@outlook.com>
All of these messages, and quite a few more, have made it through the filters and have appeared in my inbox.
One of the defined filters should have caught the above messages.
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user_ejr715
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4 months ago
@BruceW I've been following along here in this conversation, I'm in the same situation as Nelson21 above, and just like him, I've followed the suggestions, and adding filters, like crazy, even this morning, there are multiple spam emails from all the domains I've identified. If the webmail browser email can't do it, besides outlook (which I don't want to use) is there another email client that would work more effectively?
Thanks
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BruceW
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4 months ago
Are the messages arriving in the Inbox or in the Spam folder? Filters defined in "Connect" only work on messages delivered to the Inbox, and only as messages are being delivered. There's no way to run a filter on messages after they are delivered.
If you have more than one filter for a domain, is "Process subsequent rules" set for the preceding rules?
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user_4667vr
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4 months ago
Any update?
Is the filter in the email client in the browser?
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user_4667vr
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4 months ago
@XfinityAlex,
Can you help with this?
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