Everyone with an email account has encountered the scourge of the Internet mail world: spam. Most major email clients like Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail have sophisticated ways to block automated messages, like unwanted email selling things or trying to get you to click on suspicious links.
However, how do you block email from a person or source you used to consider safe or wanted?
An adult had that same question earlier, as she wanted to block incoming mail from a specific sender who had a standard Hotmail address. The user, who also was using a Hotmail address, wanted to prevent this person from sending anymore email her way.
For Hotmail users, this is a quick and easy fix.
From your inbox, click on "Options" towards the top right of your screen. Next, scroll down to "More Options." From that screen, under the "Junk and Email Settings" heading, click "Safe and Blocked Senders." Then, choose "Blocked Senders."
This screen will show you a list of all of your current blocked senders on the right, and the option to add a new address to the list on the left. To block an email address, simply paste or type it in the box to the left, click "Add to list," and voila! No more unwanted email!
For a step-by-step guide including screenshots, check About.com's guide here.
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