Email blocking

Anything with a bit more user control !?



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Do we have crossed wires here?

This isn't what has happened, but I what I want to do!
 
Merovingian said:
Anything with a bit more user control !?



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Do we have crossed wires here?

This isn't what has happened, but I what I want to do!
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Do you own the domain?
Do you want this response to go to everyone or just some?
What email software do you use?
 
If you have a Mac and are using MAIL let me know and I will show you how to do this and make it one of my "top tips".
 
I am on a Mac, but favour TB over Mail.

I'm with o2 but have gmail too. It's to block certain email addresses when I feel necessary.
 
I can do that already with o2 webmail. Looking for something a bit more hardcore.

That's not really blocking in the true sense too. It's accepting an email and then sending it straight to trash. As far as the sender's concerned, you got the email.

I want to block the email reaching my o2 inbox, and bounce it back to the sender so that they know their email never arrived!

Do-able, or too technical for mere mortals?
 
To bounce the email in that way you'd need to do it at the server. I used to run my own mail server here but gave up when a few of the larger email providers (msn, aol, etc) would refuse mail delivered from ADSL IP blocks assuming it would be spam/virus/etc.

The server s/w I used, MDaemon, made it very easy to block email from individual accounts, domains, or entire IP blocks. Any match as the mail was arriving and it would refuse delivery. I only ever used it to block email from Korea which at the time was a huge source of spam.
 
If you don't have control over the mail server (which it sounds like you dont) then how about setting up a filter to reply to the senders you are concerned with a mail which looks like a bounce response? Set it up as a template then use it as a rule response to the specific mail addresses?
 
Pxl8 - that's sort of what I had in mind. Any how to's?

Outlore - Had thought of this too, not sure how convincing it would be though. Template?

OS - Again, it's not really blocking in the true sense. Mailwasher can essentially be done in TB.
 
Merovingian said:
How can an email (address known) be blocked completely, so it is bounced back to the sender?
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Could be a spam filter somewhere.

I can send email to local council depts., but when they try to reply my ISP bounces their mail back.

I went through a spell when I sent mail to someone who uses AOL it got bounced back to me with a message from the AOL postmaster saying the email address did not exist.
 
Here's what you need.

A PC running 24/7 with either a fixed IP or some Dynamic DNS s/w that will update the MX record with your domain hosting company (find out from them which ones they support).

MDaemon or another server app.

Access to your zone file so you can change the MX records.

An ISP that doesn't block outgoing mail traffic, some do as part of anti-spam/virus tactics.

If you get all of that in place then when someone sends you a mail the sending server will look up the MX record which will point to the IP for your PC and deliver the mail to that. The mail server on that machine can then filter incoming mail and refuse any according to the rules you set up.

Sounds pretty simple but it does require a fair bit of knowledge about mail servers, DNS, etc. Your domain host is probably the best person to speak to about setting it all up.
 
Perhaps a new ISP would sort out all your problems?
 
Merovingian said:
Outlore - Had thought of this too, not sure how convincing it would be though. Template?
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It would be as convincing as receiving a genuine return I would think. Unless the person is a techie then they'll take it at face value.

Are you wanting to block ALL emails to the account or just from specific email addresses? I know you said at certain times, but if it's all mail, then you could probably just have the account disabled.

If it's an attempt to stop spam then forget it - getting a bounce makes no difference to them at all. They won't take you off the spam list just because they got a bounce from the mail server or ISP.
 
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