I'm blocked from adding to the "Block Sender" list

[Confused]

I routinely add unwanted senders to my "Block Sender" list, but recently I
have started to get mail from senders whose email addresses are in
parenthesis e.g. "Joe Blow"@spam.com. When I try to add this address to my
blocked list, I get a mssage that the address isn't valid. How can I add
these to my blocked senders list--or is there another way around it maybe via
a rule? Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Adding senders to the blocked senders file is the least useful method for blocking mail since mail can be and often is spoofed or "one-offed" - use a third party spam filter for help - I use SpamBayes available on SourceForge.net - it is free and works very well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Confused asked:

| I routinely add unwanted senders to my "Block Sender" list, but
| recently I have started to get mail from senders whose email
| addresses are in parenthesis e.g. "Joe Blow"@spam.com. When I try to
| add this address to my blocked list, I get a mssage that the address
| isn't valid. How can I add these to my blocked senders list--or is
| there another way around it maybe via a rule? Thanks for any help
| you can give me on this.

 

[Vanguard]

in message

I routinely add unwanted senders to my "Block Sender" list, but
recently I
have started to get mail from senders whose email addresses are in
parenthesis e.g. "Joe Blow"@spam.com. When I try to add this address
to my
blocked list, I get a mssage that the address isn't valid. How can I
add
these to my blocked senders list--or is there another way around it
maybe via
a rule? Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

Blocking spam by the sender's claimed e-mail address is just plain
stupid. You really think con men use their real name? Spammers don't
use their own e-mail address. They steal someone else's or make it up
if they even provide one. Every time they spew their crap they have a
different bogus e-mail address. Yeah, go ahead and fill up the 3000
e-mail list with a bunch of worthless e-mail address that will NEVER
stop spam from getting delivered to you.

Get a real anti-spam solution, like SpamPal. Blocking on the e-mail
address is like pissing in the ocean and expecting the sea level to
change.