Block Sender

missile

Big_Graeme wrote: »

The point is, why worry? .

The point is not all senders to my e mail account are on my exclusive list and I need to check junk mail for those e mails I would otherwise miss. It is a pain in the rectum to have multiple spam from this particular sender and I would like to be able to block him/her.


but, thanks for sharing your opinion.

missile

Collabora wrote: »

No thats just an email he has marked as the senders address. i could sent an email to you and have the returned address as [EMAIL="thequeen@buckinghampalace.com"]thequeen@buckinghampalace.com[/EMAIL] and thats who you would think it was from.

to find where its is from you need to look at the email header details and find the first from IP

below is the part that will matter in a header ( this taken from 1 my server got today)




this says its from [EMAIL="lmuk.accounts@lesmills.com"]lmuk.accounts@lesmills.com[/EMAIL] but really is from 89.216.76.253 (mail.aleksandro.com)

but when you check the IP http://whois.domaintools.com/89.216.76.253 it is from serbia while lesmills.com is a USA fitness website

s you need to check the header so you know exactly where it is from and then block the IP range

Thanks for your comments. I did check the source using View message source, see here>


++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:47:19 -0600
To: <XXX@hotmail.com>,
<XXX@hotmail.com>,
<XXX@hotmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Save_27%
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Return-Path: [EMAIL="vbampvvj&#64;movingahead101.com"]vbampvvj@movingahead101.com[/EMAIL]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jan 2015 13:48:05.0403 (UTC) FILETIME=[B8E716B0:01D03000]
+++++++++++++++++++++


I have tracked the source to > http://whois.domaintools.com/91.122.213.140


How do I block an IP address?

[Deleted User]

I'm not sure blocking an IP address would work.

The email completes its journey to your computer, via your email server.

Collabora

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I'm not sure blocking an IP address would work.

The email completes its journey to your computer, via your email server.

email addresses can be faked, so it is the IPs that need blocking as the example i gave , you would think that email was from the USA, but infact it was from serbia

Collabora

missile wrote: »

Thanks for your comments. I did check the source using View message source, see here>


++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:47:19 -0600
To: <XXX@hotmail.com>,
<XXX@hotmail.com>,
<XXX@hotmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Save_27%
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Return-Path: [EMAIL="vbampvvj&#64;movingahead101.com"]vbampvvj@movingahead101.com[/EMAIL]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jan 2015 13:48:05.0403 (UTC) FILETIME=[B8E716B0:01D03000]
+++++++++++++++++++++


I have tracked the source to > http://whois.domaintools.com/91.122.213.140


How do I block an IP address?

what email client are you using? as each one will have a different way

tronator

missile wrote: »

How do I block an IP address?

Forget about blocking IP addresses. Most spam emails are sent from bot nets, so every single email is most likely sent from a different address.

Secondly, blocking an IP address requires tools most likely only available to the administrator of the email server as the emails need to be rejected by the server long before it reaches your inbox.

I and most people here don't understand your obsession with trying to block spam which is already in your junk folder. How often do you have genuine emails in there? Just check this folder every 1 or 2 days by looking at the subject and the sender of the emails. Most of the times you can already spot spam this way without opening the email itself. Once you checked this folder, mark it read so that you don't need to check the same emails again next time. Simples

tronator

Collabora wrote: »

what email client are you using? as each one will have a different way

Really? You want to give the OP advice how to block IP's in the email client? The email has reached the server long before the client gets it.

I hope you will not advice the OP to setup a filter to "bounce" the email to the (fake) sender. The only effective way to block an email from an IP is to reject it on the server during the SMTP dialog.

And since all the emails will have different originating IP adresses, the OP will spend more time creating a filter for every new spam email and the filter will most likely not match any future email for the same reason.

What did you say was the name of the web hosting company you are working for? I hope I'll never have to deal with them

missile

tronator wrote: »

I and most people here don't understand your obsession

I have multiple e mails from one particular spammer every day and I was asking for suggestions on how to block that spammer .... I don't feel that is being "obsessive".

missile

Collabora wrote: »

what email client are you using? as each one will have a different way

My Hotmail comes via Outlook.

[Deleted User]

missile wrote: »

My Hotmail comes via Outlook.

Outlook Express?

Then you can easily set the emails to auto-delete, and have the Deleted Items folder empty itself, when OE is closed down.