Mute, skip inbox or block sender(s)
Robert van Hoesel
Following the popular features in competitors like Hey (for work) and superhuman I would love the ability to pre-filter spammy people, newsletters or notifications.
This can come in two forms:
- Mute: Emails automatically archived (so you can still find them back if it actually contained useful stuff)
- Block: Delete emails/or IMAP block
If it is a simple button that creates a new rule that is fine by me, however copying a sender email and creating the rule manually is too cumbersome.
Jake Kushner
I just realized a workaround for this for anyone who needs it:
- Go to Contacts screen > New Contact Book > call your book something like "Blocked Senders". Optionally share it if you want everyone in your org to be able to share a block list.
- Go to Settings > Rules > Create a rule > Incoming Emails. Add conditions "From" - "In contact book" - "Blocked Senders" or whatever you created in step 1.
- Add actions like Archive and Mark as Read as you'd like.
- When an annoying person emails you, click the sender name in top right of email > add to contacts > select your "Blocked Senders" as the Contact Book at the bottom and save.
No more annoying emails! 🎉
Rafael Masson
Cyril
I found a workaround with a rule + add to contact but there are too many clicks for something I do too often.
Jake Kushner
I just realized a workaround for this for anyone who needs it:
- Go to Contacts screen > New Contact Book > call your book something like "Blocked Senders". Optionally share it if you want everyone in your org to be able to share a block list.
- Go to Settings > Rules > Create a rule > Incoming Emails. Add conditions "From" - "In contact book" - "Blocked Senders" or whatever you created in step 1.
- Add actions like Archive and Mark as Read as you'd like.
- When an annoying person emails you, click the sender name in top right of email > add to contacts > select your "Blocked Senders" as the Contact Book at the bottom and save.
No more annoying emails! 🎉
David Haddad
Jake Kushner: Thank you that's awesome!!!!
Rafael Masson
Merged in a post:
Mark As Spam - additional option to block sender
James Thurlow-Craig
We're using a combination of Gmail and Exchange. Both are absolutely useless at blocking spam, even with the filters set high. We're getting blasted by spammers who we've previously marked as spam, but then their follow up spam still comes through. It would be great if there's an option to set, if a sender is marked as spam, to automatically block/blacklist that address in future.
Rafael Masson
Daniel Redondo
Interesting turn around by Davin Green
"A workaround I'm using that may help is to create contact groups, then apply my rule to a contact group. When I have a contact (ie. no-reply@spotify.com) that I want to add to a rule (ie. "remove from inbox"), I then just need to add the contact to the group and I won't need to modify the rule."
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Jake Kushner
A one click button to make a "block this sender" rule would be great. Or a way to set a preference in missive that says "If I press Mark as Spam, automatically archive these emails when they hit my inbox"
Philippe Lehoux
Rules are coming next week. Will let you do that. We could add a one click button to create the blocking rule.
Jake Kushner
Philippe Lehoux: Was anything like this ever implemented?
Philippe Lehoux
Jake Kushner: No, not yet
David Haddad
Philippe Lehoux: It looks like there are some OK workarounds but having used spark for a couple weeks a simple block button is fantastic and addictive.
David Haddad
Philippe Lehoux: It looks like there are some OK workarounds but having used spark for a couple weeks a simple block button is fantastic and addictive.