blocking pseudo email names

JJDeBookee wrote:

I can do both with my mail client but not on my iPad or iPhone.

So can't you have your mail client serve as a filter for what gets transmitted to your Apple devices? Is your mail client active? Are your emails using an IMAP service?

Using a POP server would not allow your client to filter the messages for your Apple devices. But an IMAP server may well allow you to do that.

I recommend checking that out with your email service provider.

POP, or more completely POP3, email is an obsolete standard that has no spam blocking features. It was created to allow ONE device to access an email account at a time when there was no such thing as spam; it does not play well if there is more than one device accessing the email account. It was originally released 40 years ago, and has had few updates since then. With a POP account all mail filtering must be done on the server.

JJDeBookee wrote:

I understand, but that's what I'm using. You're still not answering why I can't filter on Apple. With respect, if the finger keeps pointing at my provider's mail server rather than at an Apple solution, this discussion is moot.

iPhones have no built in mail filtering capabilities. You can add 3rd party apps, but even they can’t work with POP accounts because POP does not support folders other than Inbox, Trash and Sent. So there cannot be a junk or spam folder to put rejected messages.

Jj is not moot. It is an Apple software issue since the mail app allows this junk email through. Microsoft fixed their issues with advanced options to filter out emails in outlook. Apple has done nothing to enhance their mail app in years. People are tired of excuses start caring about making the online experience enjoyable instead of shrugging off issues as they as someone else’s issue. Take responsibility man!

JJDeBookee wrote:

if the finger keeps pointing at my provider's mail server rather than at an Apple solution, this discussion is moot.

With respect, I completely disagree.

You admittedly have a problem you would like to solve - blocking spam emails on your Apple devices. Lawrence Finch and I have suggested how to solve it. You seem to have a pre-conceived idea how to solve it ... we're suggesting a way that works.