I want to block an email address

[molly1429]

I would like to block an email address so I do not receive any emails from them.  How do I do this?   It doesn't look like there is an easy solution to this.  I should be able to block an email address.  Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

[reasd]

Hello,

The info you provided is very vague and many ways to do this but basically what you have to do is setup a email filter.

[Queen-Evie]

You could either click Preferences/Email Filters and set up a mail filter

OR

There is something in place where you can set up a filter without going to Preferences to set it up if you use Xfinity Connect full version.

The method below is much easier because the From: field in the filter set up will have the address in it. If setting up a filter from Preferences you will have to open the mail, copy the address, click Preferences/Email Filter and do several other steps to create the filter.

HIGHLIGHT the mail in your INBOX. RIGHT click on the highlighted mail. Choose New Filter.

Give the filter a name.

If you are blocking an address do nothing to the From portion.

Click the - to the right of subject. You won't need that since subject tiltes likely won't be the same every time.

Choose what to do with the mail. You can have it sent to trash OR discard which will delete the mail from the server. You will never see it.

Click OK.

If you use Xfinity Connect lite version you can click Preferences/Email/Filters. Follow the directions above when setting up the filter.

[Latoque]

Question for ya Queen E------I selected some emails in  my inbox using your right-click method and it worked OK.  But if I highlighted a message from this forum, the New Filter option is greyed out.

Any idea why?  Just curious.

[Queen-Evie]

Are you talking about the email notifications when someone replies to a topic you are subscribed to? If so, New Filter is not grayed out for me.

No clue why it would be for you.

[Latoque]

Yes I mean the forum notifications.  I just right clicked on the one I got from your post immediately above this one, and "Mark as Unread", "View Source", and "New Filter" are all greyed out.  Everything else in the menu is active.

I'm on a Mac, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it.  I went straight to the webmail page.

Huh.

ETA:  I just opened that message, and Mark as Unread is now available.  View Source and New Filter are still greyed out.

[Queen-Evie]

Latoque, start a new thread about the greyed out issue.

[Latoque]

OK

[archangel-9]

How do I block an email coming from a gmail address

[Queen-Evie]

Follow the directions in post #3 above.

[Annkegray56]

Please advise me how to block a sender from my email.  Thank you

[Queen-Evie]

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@Queen-Evie wrote:

Follow the directions in post #3 above.

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[EstelaR]

I would like to block an email address so I do not receive any emails from them.  How do I do this?   It doesn't look like there is an easy solution to this.  I should be able to block an email address.  Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

[CCCarole]

See this link for detailed instructions:

http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/delete-or-redirect-unwanted-spam/

You can also set up the filter by right clicking on the email message and choosing NEW FILTER in the drop down menu.

CC

[jx777f]

I want to block an email, not just send it to spam or other folder.

I want the sender to receive a unable to deliever notice so they think my email address no longer exists or they know they are blocked because their email gets bounced back to them.

Again, I do not want to just redirect it to a new folder, I want the sender to know I DID NOT receive the email so they will stop sending them.  AKA stop stalking me.

[CCCarole]

You can create an email filter to block, but there is no way in XfinityConnect to also have the message bounced back to them.

http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/delete-or-redirect-unwanted-spam/

[Joe332]

I want to block an email address

[Queen-Evie]

Follow the directions in Post #3 above.

[nostwo]

TOO CONFUSING

[meossuite]

Is there a way to let an email sender know your mailbox is programmed to no longer accept emails from their address?  For example -

"Notication Response - Your email message sent to : xyz@comcast.net was automatically deleted.  Do not send any further messages to email address to xyz@comcast.net"

[steve-baker]

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@meossuite wrote:

Is there a way to let an email sender know your mailbox is programmed to no longer accept emails from their address?  For example -

"Notication Response - Your email message sent to : xyz@comcast.net was automatically deleted.  Do not send any further messages to email address to xyz@comcast.net"

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You can't do that with Comcast, but you might be able to fake somebody out. Create a new email address that *looks* like your email address, create a filter that forwards email from the problem sender to that newly created address, and "suspend" that newly created address. For example, create the address me0ssuite@comcast.net (a zero replacing an o; it's available), and have email from the bad sender forwarded there; use ME0SSUITE@COMCAST.NET; case doesn't matter in an email address. The sender will receive a real bounce basically saying that the address ME0SSUITE@COMCAST.NET isn't valid.

[bellofacha]

how can I block a e-mail address

[bellofacha]

can it be done ?

[Latoque]

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@bellofacha wrote:

how can I block a e-mail address

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Technically you can't block an email address, but you can re-direct it so you never see it.  From either the Preview or Inbox pages, go to Preferences>>>>>Email>>>>Email Filters.  There you can set a filter to handle an incoming message a lot of different ways.  You can set it to just dump it as soon as it hits your account.  Poke around in there and you will see what I mean.  If you need more instruction post back in here.

[Pirate001]

How can I block emails that I mark as spam.  Does marking the email as spam automatically add the email sender to a blocked list?

[Latoque]

Trying to block spam with your own filters is not effective.  Spammers make frequent changes to the email addresses they use to get around filtering systems.  The best thing to do is just keep marking them as spam when they get to the Inbox folder.  That helps train the Comcast filters.  It's an endless game.

[yworry37]

I want to block a Comcast email contact on I phone6

[Latoque]

If you are on iOS 10 here is how to set up a rule-----------------

https://www.howtogeek.com/271865/how-to-filter-mail-on-ios-10/

Earlier versions of iOS do not have the ability to access filters.

[blackoakark]

Q.E., Thanks. This helped a lot. I should have inquired sooner. Appreciate your expertise and time!

[sassydezines]

Filters do not always work.

[policastro]

Email comes from Tom Brogan who is deceased how do I block.

[Latoque]

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@policastro wrote:
Email comes from Tom Brogan who is deceased how do I block.

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It sounds like Tom's name is being "spoofed".  Spammers can make emails look like they are coming from someone when they are not.  On the Inbox page click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and then on Settings.  Under Mail on the left click on "Filter rules".  Set up a filter to discard messages from that name.

[Ray35]

Block email

[Latoque]

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@Ray35 wrote:

Block email

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You are responding to a year and a half old thread.  Please start your own thread with your issue or question, and provide more information or ask a question.  I am closing this thread.