Microsoft KB Archive/267305

= OLEXP: How to Manage the Block Senders List in Outlook Express =

Article ID: 267305

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q267305



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SUMMARY
This article describes how to manage the Block Senders list in Outlook Express.

NOTE: To use the Block Senders feature in Outlook Express, your e-mail server must be a Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) server. If your server is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server, such as Hotmail, or an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server, this feature is not applied.



How to Block Messages from a Sender or Domain
You can block messages from a particular sender or domain. The domain is the name that follows the @ symbol in an e-mail address.

When you block a sender or domain, you do not receive any e-mail messages or news messages from that sender or domain in your Inbox folder or in the news messages that you read. When you receive messages from blocked senders, the e-mail messages are sent directly to your Deleted Items folder, and the newsgroup messages are not displayed.

To block messages from a sender or domain:
 * 1) In your Inbox folder or in the list of messages in a newsgroup, click the message from the sender that you want to block.
 * 2) On the Message menu, click Block Sender.

How to Remove a Sender or Domain
To remove a sender or domain from the list:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Block Senders List.
 * 2) Click the name or domain that you want to remove on the Blocked Senders tab, and then click Remove.

How to Change the Sender's Name or Domain
To change a sender's name or domain on the list:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Block Senders List.
 * 2) On the Blocked Senders tab, click the name or domain that you want to change, and then click Modify.
 * 3) Make the changes that you want in the dialog box, and then click OK.

How to Add a Sender or Domain
To add a new sender or domain to the list:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Block Senders List.
 * 2) On the Blocked Senders tab, click Add.
 * 3) Type the new information in the dialog box, and then click OK.

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