How to totally block an email address?

Are you actually blocking the emails or moving them to Junk. Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing, blocking is done by either of these methods. It does not automatically delete that email, so that will be an additional step:

• In email list by swiping left of the email and choosing More, then swiping all the way down to Block this Contact.
• After opening email, then tap the sender address on the top and choose Block This Contact.

There is no bounce back option for emails from blocked contacts, but you should no longer see future emails in your Inbox from that address. If you do still see them in your Inbox, then go to Settings > Mail > Blocked Sender Options, and make sure you have Move to Trash selected. If it was set to Leave in Inbox, they still appear in your Inbox with a red icon to signify that it is an email from a Blocked Contact.

The problem with most spam emails is that they change the sending address so blocking is less effective, as the next email you receive will just be from a different address.

Thisboysyaya wrote:

I have had these same settings, and I am STILL getting repeat spam. I have started hitting “Move to junk” in addition to blocking, and it doesn’t seem to make a difference. Anyone?

Blocking only works when the email comes from the same email address. Spammers spoof the sending address so it is always different to prevent blocking and to even avoid junk detection. Whenever you give your email address to any site, you must assume it is going to be sold to advertisers.

Prevention is the key by controlling who gets your email address. Apple offers a service called Hide My Email, although it does require a subscription to iCloud, which starts at 99 cents/month. This allows you to create new email addresses to use when signing up for a service, so if you do start getting spam from that address, you know who sold your info and also able to easily delete the email and create a new one.

In addition, there are some third party spam blockers available in the App Store. Use of those are hit and miss because you do want to block Spam, but still allow valid emails which is not an exact science to determine the difference.

I am receiving more than 50 previously blocked emails per day which are placed in the junk folder. They are the same email address previously blocked and show the blocked email symbol. I have the setting to move them to trash on all my Apple devices but this does not solve the problem. I can only hope that Apple will address this issue in one of their updates. There have been many users experiencing the same problem which Apple seems to be unable to address. Frustrating to say the least.

I have had these same settings, and I am STILL getting repeat spam. I have started hitting “Move to junk” in addition to blocking, and it doesn’t seem to make a difference. Anyone?

I checked the box that says move to trash. It doesn't work; I still see Emails from blocked senders