You can filter and organize email by sender, recipient, subject, words, size, whether it has attachments, etc. That’s all you need to enter on this screen, but you can see that the Gmail filter system is extraordinarily powerful for other tasks. You’ll have the create filter window pop up:Īs you can seem, I’ve already specified the email address that I want to block for this demo: Just in case they decide to email me, ya know. Instead, click or tap on the “ Create a new filter” option just above it.
Since I can’t actually set up one (why isn’t there an “add” button in this area?) that’ll stay empty for now. More importantly, the lower portion shows that I have no email addresses blocked. You can see one of my filters: Email from Turner Broadcasting (e.g., should never be sent to spam and should be categorized as an update. You’ll want to click on ‘ Filters and Blocked Addresses‘ then scroll all the way down to the bottom: There are a bunch of tabs along the top (alright, they don’t actually look like tabs, but that’s what I imagine they’d be with a better user interface). Now you’re in the poorly designed but super flexible Gmail settings area. Log in to your Gmail account, then click on “Settings” from the gear menu: With that as a starting point, I’m going to show you the Web-based solution for blocking them via a filter first. Perhaps someone from the Gmail team will read this article and say “whhaaaa? let’s fix that!” which would be great.Īnyway, you sound like you don’t have an email from your ex laying around, but I’m willing to guess you’re very familiar with their email address and can recite it from memory nonetheless. Why that’s the case I cannot answer, but it’s just the way it is.
Gmail has a sort of half-baked implementation because it has an actual block feature, but you’ll need an email from them as a starting point and you’ll need to be on your mobile device, because Gmail for Mobile has the option, while Gmail for your computer (e.g., in a Web browser) doesn’t. Still, there are definitely people who can’t take “please leave me alone” and walk away, so it’s no surprise that there are tools in various email programs – and social media sites – to block and ignore others. There are a lot more digital stalker than there ever were in-real-life stalkers too, even if most of them are benign and just curious to keep tabs on an old flame or family member who’s otherwise shunned. One of the greatest problems with email and social media is that it’s hard to get someone to leave you alone if they’re persistent.
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