There's another, more indirect way you can block addresses from ever reaching your inbox. Note 2: you don't need to use the " *" wildcard character when blocking domains. Note: if you try to block legitimate domains like or, you'll get the following error message: " To ensure that you receive important messages about your account, this address can't be blocked", and the domain will not be added to your blocked list. You are done! as long as this domain is blocked, no-one from this organization will be able to email you. Within seconds, the list will reload, sorted alphabetically, with the blocked domains at the top. In the " Blocked email address or domain" text field, type the " symbol with the domain name, and click on " Add to list": The part of an email address that comes after the " symbol is called the " domain" - it's the same term we use to describe a website's URL (web address).To prevent anyone with an address ending with a certain domain from emailing you, add the domain to your blocked list. Blocking domains means that no-one with an email address ending in a particular way will be able to reach your inbox - regardless of that person's intentions - in most cases, it is best to just report as junk mail any unsolicited message you don't want (which automatically moves it to Hotmail's Spam folder at the same time). Blocking these addresses isn't always the best way to go, because it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem (simply reporting them as spam is the best route, which lets Microsoft know about the problem) - besides, blocking every spammer would be way too time-consuming!īlock emails from an entire domain Caution: this feature is extremely powerful, so use it with care. They are legitimate accounts that got hacked by spammers, or by a third-party which then sold these credentials to spammers. Note: offending email addresses often don't belong to spammers. Note that there is also a "Safe list", in which you add people whose email addresses should never be blocked or filtered as spam.
#HOW TO BLOCK A SENDER IN OUTLOOK WILDCARD HOW TO#
introduced the "Sweep" functionality, which includes an option to delete all messages from a sender, including future ones - we'll show you how to use that feature as well. This blocked list is empty by default, and lets you explicitly prevent people from emailing you - use it in conjunction with your spam settings for best results. Like AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail, Hotmail lets you block email senders, and even entire domains, from ever reaching your account.
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