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How do I block email sent To: undisclosed-recipients?

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I keep getting these emails and don’t want them. There should be some way to block them or filter them out.

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2 Responses to “How do I block email sent To: undisclosed-recipients?”

  1. Lyn G Says:
    August 31st, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    Someone set up their E-mail so that the people getting them does not see the names and addresses of all the other people getting them. That is why the ‘To:’ line reads that way. However, if you are really sure that no one you know would sent you mail addresses that way, then you can block the address that it comes from.
    Look for the ‘Options’ link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it
    Options /mail options / blocked addresses
    Enter the E-mail address you wish blocked and click on ‘add block’
    you will never get mail from that address again.

  2. Larry V Says:
    September 4th, 2010 at 2:04 am

    It depends on the mail reader you use. Investigate the help function of your program and determine if you can create filters or rules which you can specify the text “undisclosed-recipients”.

    Some mail programs have this capability, many do not.

    Another thing to research is your mail program’s help sections for spam. There may be a way to create a “white list” type setup. This is a mechanism by which you authorize your mail program to only display mail from people in your contact list. All other mail would be bounced back, deleted, marked as spam, or whatever (different mail programs would handle this differently, and not all mail programs support inclusion or white lists).

    Some mail programs provide a means of specifying that you do not want mail from certain addresses. This is less useful because many spammers forge the address used to indicate who sent the mail - I get spam all the time claiming that I sent it to myself!

    Finally, if you have more control over your mail situation, to the point of being able to insert some “intelligence” into the process, you might be able to install a filtering program that allows you to “train” it to recognize mail (by some expert system like Bayesian , etc. methods) and perform actions on the mail based on the contents of the messages. That’s advice for someone in either the “advanced” level of computer usage, or someone who _knows_ an expert…

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