Request a feature: Block senders domain
This is really not a question for the community but for the developers of Thunderbird.
There is a feature in the old windows mail called "block domain". You would right click on a subject in the inbox (not on the actual message itself) and chose "block senders domain".
Yes I know it is possible to create a rule in Thunderbird to do something similar, , but it is a much more involved process involving opening the message and multiple clicks.
This was a great feature in Windows mail and I miss it. It was simple to use and solved 99% + of my unwanted email problems quickly and efficiently. Thunderbird is wonderful .... this feature would make it perfect.
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Blocking the entire domain is usually too broad a step to take.
What if the offending email came from 'someone@outlook.com' or 'someoneelse@gmail.com'? Do you really want to block ALL messages from everyone in those domains?
TB-38.3 Win10-PC
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/blocking-sender
You can tweak the filter for the entire domain, but this isn't recommended.
Obviously you have to be careful not to block a whole domain where another email you desire originates. Like all tools it must be used the right way.
i must have been using it correctly in windows mail, because in 5 years use, I missed only one desired email and eliminated 99%+ of what i didn't want.
Block sender and block senders domain are useful tools.
Question is if there is a difference between filtering and blocking that's not just a question of words.
In IMAP if you download header and from a filtered source it is redirected it or deleted, without you knowing.
If it's blocked ? A header still needs to be downloaded, to know if the sender/domain is blocked. It is probably then marked for deletion and later deleted from server.
In POP it must be downloaded and deleted. It cant stay on server for ever.
Correct me if I'm wrong. But I see no difference in workload or result.
The difference is in convenience NOT necessarily in workload or result. I agree the tools to do the job do currently exist in Thunderbird.
In Windows Mail the process of blocking a sender (or the senders domain) took 2 clicks, a right click for the submenu and a click on "block (sender or domain)". It takes much longer to set up a filter.
If your setting up a new email client (read Thunderbird) with an old email account, the time savings can be considerable.
Bug 10087 refers. The bug has been open for 15 years. Resolution is probably not going to happen anytime soon.
While is has some appeal as a feature, it really has no long term result other than to assist in creating a huge list of email addresses that have to be checked to see if every incoming mail is listed. Exchange server limits this list to 1024 entries, my guess to limit performance impacts from folk adding every spam message they get to the blocked list.
Folk from the USA in particular love blocklists, because their nation has the CANSPAM act. The rest of the world has little need for a blocklist because we really get very little unwanted mail compared to those in the USA.
To make it easier I made a NO_THANKS Address book Every email from addresses i put in there are deleted. Filter setup is easy: From is in address book NO_THANKS , delete
Modified by Gnospen