on 13-03-2023 15:14
Hi
My email blocklist says I have reached its total capacity, why is there a limit and how can it be increased ?
Cheers
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21-03-2023 09:47 - edited 21-03-2023 09:49
@sjk19016 wrote:Hi Goslow
Yes could do that, but then the spam email senders that I had blocked would then be unblocked ,so what is the point of the list ?
My question was WHY is there a limit on how many I can add to the list ? It seems pointless to do thatRegards
Making spam block lists is similar to trying to make block lists of spam/scam phone numbers. It is a never-ending task and, in many ways, is a little bit pointless.
The email addresses for sending spam are generally only used once or twice before being replaced with another spam email address so, with that in mind, a block list is a bit useless because, once you have blocked an address, the chances are the address will not be used ever again so your block will never be implemented. Blocking a sender is only really useful if the spam is coming from a real person/account rather than automated spam messages.
IMHO, VM's email service is a pretty hopeless offering which has been in gradual decline for a long time. As it stands, new customers cannot create VM email addresses and existing customers cannot add new ones. It doesn't take too much imagination to speculate on a likely direction of travel for VM's email service. They are highly unlikely to be developing it and adding comprehensive new features.
Rather than hoping for further action/improvement from VM, which is unlikely, you'd do better to start the process of migrating your email use over to one of the free, non-ISP email providers who offer better features, better security and better spam filtering.
on 13-03-2023 16:43
@sjk19016 wrote:Hi
My email blocklist says I have reached its total capacity, why is there a limit and how can it be increased ?
Cheers
Would expect you may need to start reducing some of your existing older blocklist entries to make way for current/new ones.
on 13-03-2023 16:48
Unsubscribe from all the unwanted marketing messages that are bombarding your email a/c.
on 21-03-2023 08:58
Hi Client62
It's not really possible to "unsubscribe" from Spam email senders, which is what my blocklist contains.
Regards
on 21-03-2023 09:02
Hi Goslow
Yes could do that, but then the spam email senders that I had blocked would then be unblocked ,so what is the point of the list ?
My question was WHY is there a limit on how many I can add to the list ? It seems pointless to do that
Regards
21-03-2023 09:47 - edited 21-03-2023 09:49
@sjk19016 wrote:Hi Goslow
Yes could do that, but then the spam email senders that I had blocked would then be unblocked ,so what is the point of the list ?
My question was WHY is there a limit on how many I can add to the list ? It seems pointless to do thatRegards
Making spam block lists is similar to trying to make block lists of spam/scam phone numbers. It is a never-ending task and, in many ways, is a little bit pointless.
The email addresses for sending spam are generally only used once or twice before being replaced with another spam email address so, with that in mind, a block list is a bit useless because, once you have blocked an address, the chances are the address will not be used ever again so your block will never be implemented. Blocking a sender is only really useful if the spam is coming from a real person/account rather than automated spam messages.
IMHO, VM's email service is a pretty hopeless offering which has been in gradual decline for a long time. As it stands, new customers cannot create VM email addresses and existing customers cannot add new ones. It doesn't take too much imagination to speculate on a likely direction of travel for VM's email service. They are highly unlikely to be developing it and adding comprehensive new features.
Rather than hoping for further action/improvement from VM, which is unlikely, you'd do better to start the process of migrating your email use over to one of the free, non-ISP email providers who offer better features, better security and better spam filtering.
21-03-2023 10:31 - edited 21-03-2023 10:32
Goslow
All fair and valid points 👍
I was really only pursuing this with regard to my blueyonder account which is still in very limited use and is the source of pretty much 90% of any spam I get. I'll be looking to remove it from where ever I can.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Best Regards
on 22-03-2023 10:48
Hey sjk19016, thank you for reaching out and I am sorry to hear about this.
Did any of the above information help at all?
Please do let us know. Thanks
Matt - Forum Team
New around here?
on 22-03-2023 11:05
Matt
Yes, useful in confirming that the Virgin email system is a complete waste of space and not worth using.
Thanks