Blocking Email
Spam filters that automatically dump unsolicited emails into the trash continue to improve, but they aren’t perfect. To truly take control of your inbox, set up filters that help sort the wheat from the chaff. For example, in Yahoo! Mail, click Mail Options, Filters, and the Add button. You can enter any number of rules in this window (typing the sender’s email address in the From Header field is a good place to start) and select Trash from the Move The Message To drop-down menu. To completely block specific email addresses, click Mail Options, click Block Addresses, type the email address in the Add Block field, and click the Add Block button. Filters also are available in all of the popular standalone email clients. For example, in Microsoft Outlook 2003, you can right-click a message, click Create Rule, and then choose the conditions you want to apply to all emails of that type before clicking OK .
