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mitch96

(15,418 posts) Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:31 AM Dec 2021

How do you totally block an email from ever coming into your inbox in Gmail??

I keep getting emails from Sophos or what ever they call them selfs. I don't ever remembering going to their website for anything. I keep unsubscribing for months now to no avail. I have filtered the email to go to trash and I don't even want that.. Sometimes I get the feeling that when I un subscribe I'm just telling me that my email address is alive and accepting their emails.. uff
Any Ideas?
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How do you totally block an email from ever coming into your inbox in Gmail?? (Original Post) mitch96 Dec 2021 OP

Filters or Rules Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #1

Press the spam button. fierywoman Dec 2021 #2

Then it just goes to the spam filter... still there and I don't want ANY of it...nt mitch96 Dec 2021 #6

That's what I've done and it just goes to trash. I don't even want to hit my mail account mitch96 Dec 2021 #3

Use a different browser to read your email and never search, browse a site or do anything else... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2021 #5

This is interesting! Thanks! fierywoman Dec 2021 #8

Short answer, you can't. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2021 #4

That's what I was afraid of... I have another paid email account with POBOX.COM mitch96 Dec 2021 #7

Tetrachloride

(8,898 posts)

1. Filters or Rules

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:39 AM

Dec 2021

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en

Gmail calls these “filters”

fierywoman

(8,408 posts)

2. Press the spam button.

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:45 AM

Dec 2021

mitch96

(15,418 posts)

6. Then it just goes to the spam filter... still there and I don't want ANY of it...nt

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 05:53 PM

Dec 2021

mitch96

(15,418 posts)

3. That's what I've done and it just goes to trash. I don't even want to hit my mail account

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:53 AM

Dec 2021

Yes the filter sends it to trash. The problem is that it somehow also winds up a "cookie" is dropped into preferences file. They are snooping on my web searches.. I don't want that..
out out damn spot!
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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,671 posts)

5. Use a different browser to read your email and never search, browse a site or do anything else...

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:22 PM

Dec 2021

...from that browser. If you use chrome to read your email, maybe install Opera for everything else. Only read you email from chrome.

fierywoman

(8,408 posts)

8. This is interesting! Thanks!

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 08:57 PM

Dec 2021

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,671 posts)

4. Short answer, you can't.

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:19 PM

Dec 2021

If you were hosting an email server locally the way a business would, you could have your gateway de-pier the domain that forwards the email to you. You might also lose other emails. Your question is analogous to asking how can make sure that you never get snail mail from a certain entity.

mitch96

(15,418 posts)

7. That's what I was afraid of... I have another paid email account with POBOX.COM

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 05:56 PM

Dec 2021

I believe they will filter out unwanted emails...I guess the next time the offender shows up I'll change my email address to the pobox.com address...grrrrr. I hate these gymnastics...
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