Help stop emails? Is it possible?

[TLHB70]

Is there a way that I can block someone from my personal email AND somehow send it back to them, letting them know they are blocked from me?? I have a "friend" who CONSTANTLY sends me email messages WITH pictures of her everyday life. Seriously, I get pictures of her new comforters, snapshots of kids, etc. I mean, honestly, if her child makes a new funny face I will get a picture. Let me say that I do not mind this type of thing every few months or so. I just can't stand it every day or two!!!!!! I have tried to ignore it, then hinted around, and nothing is getting through to her. She sends out a Christmas letter each year, but she also sends those type of messages out almost daily with updates and pictures!!!! I am so sick of it. I don't want to have to change my email address because there are too many people that I would need to notify. I would like to block her and let her know that she is blocked because I am really tired of learning about every breath she and her family take.
I am sorry if this sounds harsh. I have lived with it for about 6 years (since she has had kids) and tried to handle it nicely. Nothing stops it.
I guess I may need to get the flame suit on.

 

[experiment626mom]

I know on Yahoo you can block a person sending email, but it does not notify them of this.

Why not just delete her messages without opening them?

 

[jbdreamer]

Instead of completely blocking her, can't you just send a friendly email stating you do not want to recive pictures/emails so often because it has gotten too overwhelming and your email account can't store it all. I would rather be told than blocked!

 

[TLHB70]

I do delete the messages as soon as I get them. However, it floods my email box and the pictures fill my box up so that other important messages cannot get through.
I do not have a yahoo account. Do you know if other providers do the same thing?

 

[HappyMommy2]

I understand your frustration! I have a friend who is constantly sending urban legend-type e-mails, ugh. With hotmail you can put a person on a block sender list but I do not believe it lets them know you've blocked them. I know you are trying to teach her a lesson but honestly it is probably better to just block her and let it go, or just delete the e-mails before opening them. I don't know of any e-mail service that will block someone and send them a message that says, "You've been blocked because your e-mails were too annoying!"

 

[HappyMommy2]

Oh, I see your problem with storage space.
In that case, I'm sure you can just use your provider's block sender feature. I can't imagine that any provider wouldn't offer that. Good luck!

 

[Toby'sFriend]

I am meaner than you are.

I have a person in my life who is like the Anti-Snopes. I get every "please click here for a dollar to be donated to, beware of floor cleaning products killing your dog, watch out, somebody is going to steal your kidney and you'll wake up in a bathtub as well as "if you are a true Christian send this poem to five people you love" chain email that is in existence

and on and on and on And there is NO STOPPING HER.

I finally sent up a fake Gmail account and told her that was my new email address and I was closing down the old one. Hers is the only mail I get there.

I go in occassionaly and scan over it, but mostly I just ignore it. At least I'm not getting it on my desktop all day long. Whenever she asks me, "did you get the _____ " I either lie and say yes or tell her I'm having computer problems and haven't read email for a couple of days.

 

[TLHB70]

Since I have tried nicely telling her that her pictures fill my box, and that doesn't help, I thought that if I blocked her then she would get the hint. I had hoped that she would call and ask about why it is blocked. Then I could tell her again that the pictures are a bit much. Then I hoped that it would stop and I could start a regular email relationship again. I really am not a meanie. I just don't need so many pictures and every day details. I have tried to explain it to her, but it doesn't work. She just apparently sends thes out to everyone in her address book.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Most Internet e-mail providers have some address blocking capability -- you might need to search for it or check the FAQs on the site. I don't know of any service that tells someone they are blocked.

I had this problem with my MIL. Finally sent her a nicely worded email telling her I was blocking her email address and why. I just didn't have the time or storage to handle all the forwards, pictures, jokes, referrals, etc. she was flooding me with. After a while, she got the message and now we correspond through email like normal people.

 

[TLHB70]

That is a great idea, Toby'sFriend! I didn't think about that one!
That sounds like a great way to handle it!!!

 

[Nancy]

I like the idea of an e-mail account just for her...but NEVER clean it out. After a while she'll keep getting the "e-mail box is full" message and none of her stuff will get through anymore. Maybe then she'll call and ask why you haven't cleaned out your in box and you can explain then.

 

[mtblujeans]

I also have set up an email account for friends who like to send the 'fun stuff' daily. I can send you a gmail referral, as can alot of DISers, if you like. Then you will have a space that can hold many, many emails and you can look them over before deleting them and she will not know....

 

[Dan Murphy]

http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustpro.html

 

[TLHB70]

This is perfect Dan Murphy!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Thank you too, mtblujeans, for the offer for the referral. I will open a separate email account just for her on another server that is available online (hotmail, yahoo, or even juno). Plus, I will get this firetrust that Dan told me about. It looks like the perfect answer!!!
Thanks everyone!!!!

 

[PixieDust32]

We got AOL and we can add names to a block mail list and the block them and also sends a message to the sender letting them know that the user has blocked them.

I feel your pain, i had a "friend" that sends all those chain dumb e-mails, urban legends, and pics of her kids almost everyday and she was my "friend" until she got my blocked list message!

 

[N.Bailey]

Are you by chance using Outlook Express? If you are, highlight one of the emails she's sent you (will do it automatically if you do this, then go into message (top of screen) then choose block sender. That's all ya gotta do. While not positive, I do believe the user gets the message back with a note saying they were blocked.

To manage (or another way to add) your block sender list, click on tools (top of page) then message rules...block sender list... Here, you can either add or remove a user...then click ok.

 

[CheshireVal]

Ugh-- I had someone like that, too. It wasn't even a friend-- it was someone from high school who had gotten my email off of a reunion message board. I didn't even go to the reunion, and I wasn't even friends with her in high school. Suddenly, I started getting about 3-4 forwards from her EVERY DAY. I felt bad telling her to stop (she was kind of picked on and a little leechy in high school), so I just blocked her.

 

[TLHB70]

Thanks N. Bailey!!! I do use Outlook Express so that is exactly what I need. It would be much easier than opening up a new account for her, too!!!!

 

[VSL]

watch out, somebody is going to steal your kidney and you'll wake up in a bathtub

This is the most random thing I have ever read on these boards!


I can just imagine it - 'OMG! I lost my kidney - Jaymie, would you be a doll and go see if I accidentally left it in the library?'