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Anyway to block an email address domain?

Minxymoo
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Anyway to block an email address domain?

I keep getting spam emails from British Seniors Insurance the return path address is something like 0079879786@sender10.acblnk.com. The number before the @ always changes so I tried blocking sender10.acblnk.com, however I then get emails from 0896646@sender8.acblnk.com, so I tried blocking acblnk.com but they still get through.

Anyway to block these?

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jab1
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

@Minxymoo Have you ever had any dealings with British seniors? There should be an opt-out link contained in the emails - select that, and they should respect your request for no further communication.

John
Minxymoo
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Hi jab1 I have never had dealings with British Seniors. I receive theses emails every day so assumed they are spam, also if I go to webmail and choose show source there is a reference to candycrush.nl which would be odd for an insurance company that and the odd return path. Did not want to click on an unsubscribe link as that may produce more spam.
jab1
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Must admit, @Minxymoo , the address looked suspicious to me, but as firms use all sorts of email forwarding/addressing, I couldn't be sure.

However, I suggest you don't click the unsubscribe link - as you say, will probably not be a working one, but mark them as 'spam' in web-mail. Eventually, Cloudmark will see the volume of reports, and hopefully block them.

John
Minxymoo
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

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Champnet
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Not sure where you're trying to block these emails but *@*.acblnk.com should work.

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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

@Champnet Good spot - as I now  filter all my mail via MailWasher, and spam mark all the crud in webmail, I'd forgotten the 'wildcard' method.

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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

@jab1 Not sure why I use it but Mailwasher does seem to do a good job............

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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

I use it because in my much younger days, I used to subscribe to sites I wouldn't touch with a bargepole now, and the address is still 'live' for places I  don't want to use my regular ones for, but has obviously been passed on - dead easy to spot in MWP and I just report in spam.

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Minxymoo
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

I’m blocking them in the Plusnet member Centre blacklist setting
Minxymoo
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Member Centre blacklist does not allow *@*.acblnk.com
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Didn't know that, @Minxymoo - in that case,looks as though you'll have to follow my original solution. Might take a bit of time, but it should work.

John
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?


@Minxymoo wrote:

return path address is something like 0079879786@sender10.acblnk.com. The number before the @ always changes so I tried blocking sender10.acblnk.com, however I then get emails from 0896646@sender8.acblnk.com, so I tried blocking acblnk.com but they still get through.


From the SPAM Settings page:

  • White/Blacklist filtering does not apply to catch-all mailboxes
  • You can only enter full email or domain addresses (eg. test@test.com or test.com)
  • Each entry given must be placed on a new line
  • Wildcards cannot be used
  • Mail from senders in the Approved list will always be delivered
  • Mail from senders in the Blocked list will always be deleted

 

First you need to block the FROM address, not the return path address.

Does the mailbox in question have CATCHALL enabled?

You cannot use wild cards.

You can specify full email addresses or domain names.

I do not know if black-listing acblink.com will block sender*.acblink.com a sub-domain of the black-listed domain.  However, you might find that the FROM address is highly variable and therefore very difficult to block.

Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.

Minxymoo
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Re: Anyway to block an email address domain?

Thanks for all the replies will keep on reporting as spam.