Blocked Senders List no longer seems to work

[Holt]

For months now I have been diligently adding spam e-mails to the Junk Mail
"Add to Block Senders List" but now it no longer seems to be moving any
messages into that folder. Is there a capacity problem with this utility
and/or is there a re-set or workaround for fixing this?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

how many addresses are on the list? it has a limit of some 2000 total across
all lists.

FWIW, blocking addresses is not a good way to manage spam - too many are
used only once. Use the junk filter on high and the safe lists instead.

 

[Holt]

Thank you for your repsonse. I have no idea but expect that I have reached
the 2000 limit due to the 100+ per day that have been sent to that folder;
how do I check the number? Should I clear that list (if I knew where to find
it)?

I have been concerned about good mail getting lost in the diversion to teh
junk mail folder and thus have kept the spam setting rather low; but have
just changed the setting to "High" and we'll see how it goes.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

clear the list in tools, options, junk email options... set it to trust
addresses in your address book so you'll have less problems with false
positives.

 

[Holt]

Done! Thanks so much for your time and patience on this! It is much
appreciated.

- Holt

 

[moptop49]

For months now I have been diligently adding spam e-mails to the Junk Mail
"Add to Block Senders List" but now it no longer seems to be moving any
messages into that folder. Is there a capacity problem with this utility
and/or is there a re-set or workaround for fixing this?

 

[moptop49]

I have only 17 blocked senders in my blocked senders list. Everytime I try
to block a sender, Outlook Express gets locked up. I have to close it and
then re-open it, but the emails are not blocked. What could be the problem?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

the list could be corrupt.

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