How to Block an Incoming E-mail

Whether you traditionally log into your webmail account to view your received email messages or use an email client application, such as Microsoft Outlook, you have the ability to configure your junk email or spam settings to block email from specified email addresses. Any email address which is added to your spam filter's blocked senders list gets diverted from your email inbox and either goes directly to your junk email folder or is simply deleted. The process of configuring spam settings is fairly simple, but varies slightly depending upon the web-mail service or application you're using.

Block Incoming Email in AOL Mail

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  Log into your AOL email account.

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  Click the "Settings" link in the upper right corner of the AOL mailbox window to open the Settings menu. The Settings menu options should appear in the left panel of the mailbox window.

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  Select "Spam Settings" in the Settings menu to open the spam settings dialog box.

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  Open the drop-down menu located at the top of the spam settings dialog box. Select "Block mail from address I specify."

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  Type the email address you would like to block in the "Enter Screen Name or Email Address" box. Click the plus sign. Click "Save."

Block Incoming Email in Yahoo! Mail

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  Log into your Yahoo! email account.

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  Click the "Options" link in the upper right corner. Select "More Options" from the drop-down menu that appears.

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  Select "Spam" from the left window panel.

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  Scroll down to the "Blocked Email Addresses" section in the right panel.

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  Type the email address you would like to block in the "Add a blocked address" box. Click "Add."

Block Incoming Email in GMail

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  Log into your GMail account.

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  Click the "Create a filter" link located at the top of the window.

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  Type the email address you would like to block in the "From" box. Click "Next."

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  Select "Delete It." Click "Create Filter."

Block Incoming Email in Microsoft Outlook 2010

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  Launch Microsoft Outlook.

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  Click the "Home" menu tab to open its menu ribbon. Click the "Junk" button and select "Junk E-Mail Options."

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  Go to the "Block Senders" tab in the "Junk E-Mail Options" dialog box.

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  Click "Add." Type the email address you would like to block in the address box. Click "OK." Click "OK" again.