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Block fake emails sent from my email address

You can block fake spam emails sent from your own email address.
Some spammers will send email from your own address to try to convince you that you they have hacked your account. The fact is anyone can send an email using someone else's from address. The from address is not proof that an email is sent from that person and is just a setting in email apps.

Note: You should remove your own email address from the 'Spam Safe List' to block fake emails. You can edit the spam lists to remove your own address. More Details>
You can also do this in the email details screen. View. Open the 'Spam Suggestions' section. If you see 'Is in Spam Safe List' under the from address then tap on that button. Then you can select and delete the email address.

You can block fake emails sent from your own email address in 2 ways.


1) Tap on the button in the bottom right of the screen with four boxes. Then tap on the 'Spam Filter' button to show the Spam rules and edit the 'Spam Detector' rule.
Tap on the 'Filter' section of the spam rule to show the spam settings.
You can enable these settings:
✔ Reject emails received from my email address with invalid SPF results
✔ Reject emails received from my email address with invalid DKIM signatures

If your email server supports either of these options then fake emails from your email address will now be sent to the spam folder.


2) You can block all emails sent using your own from address. This will mean that when you send emails to yourself they will also be blocked.
Swipe over an email and then tap on the spam action. A message window will appear to confirm you want to block your own address. Then tap on the 'Block for Spam' button.

You can also edit the spam lists in the app settings screen. View. Then open the 'Spam' section.
Tap on 'Spam Block List' and add your own email address using the add button at the top.

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