Comments on: How do I block email from a certain address, I use gmail? http://www.massemailinglist.com/2009/10/how-do-i-block-email-from-a-certain-address-i-use-gmail/ mass email list Fri, 18 May 2012 12:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Seth http://www.massemailinglist.com/2009/10/how-do-i-block-email-from-a-certain-address-i-use-gmail/#comment-1253 Seth Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.massemailinglist.com/2009/10/how-do-i-block-email-from-a-certain-address-i-use-gmail/#comment-1253 Part 1. Blocking e-mail from a specific address Method A Next time you get a e-mail from this person, report it as spam 1. check the box to the left of the message 2. click "Report spam" Google should block future messages from the e-mail address. If you still receive these messages continue to report them as Spam and Google will "learn" to block them But if you would like to take a more pro-active approach... Method B 1. Go to and log in 2. Click in Settings (upper right) 3. Click on Filters tab 4. Click "Create a new filter" 5. In the "From" box type the e-mail address you wish to block and click "Next Step" 6. check "Delete it" 7. Click "Create Filter" Part 2. auto-response e-mail telling them that their email cant be sent First let me say that you may NOT wish to do this. By responding to malicious e-mailers, you are only confirming that they have indeed reached a valid e-mail address. Second, I am not sure how you can do this with GMail. The best approximation I can think of is that you can forward the mail back to the sender, but I do not see a way for you to add a message of your own to this. To forward the e-mail back, simply check the "Forward email to" checkbox at the time you also select the "Delete it" one Part 1. Blocking e-mail from a specific address
Method A
Next time you get a e-mail from this person, report it as spam
1. check the box to the left of the message
2. click “Report spam”
Google should block future messages from the e-mail address. If you still receive these messages continue to report them as Spam and Google will “learn” to block them

But if you would like to take a more pro-active approach…

Method B
1. Go to and log in
2. Click in Settings (upper right)
3. Click on Filters tab
4. Click “Create a new filter”
5. In the “From” box type the e-mail address you wish to block and click “Next Step”
6. check “Delete it”
7. Click “Create Filter”

Part 2. auto-response e-mail telling them that their email cant be sent

First let me say that you may NOT wish to do this. By responding to malicious e-mailers, you are only confirming that they have indeed reached a valid e-mail address.

Second, I am not sure how you can do this with GMail. The best approximation I can think of is that you can forward the mail back to the sender, but I do not see a way for you to add a message of your own to this. To forward the e-mail back, simply check the “Forward email to” checkbox at the time you also select the “Delete it” one

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