Permanently block domain in gmail

Question

My inbox is being destroyed right now - i'm for some reason getting 3-4 messages a minute from a specific host (box432.bluehost.com). I would really like to just prevent any and all email from his host from even getting to my inbox.

I have created a 'filter' in gmail, the problem is that thunderbird which is setup via imap is placing those messages in the trash. My trash is growing by 5 messages per minute.

Its taking its toll on thunderbird, and my CPU usage.

Can't I just somehow prevent some known bad host, or domain, from getting into my inbox PERIOD?

I don't want to - "put these files in the trash" - that's just another folder in gmail terms.

I want them to either A) be deleted not placed in a trash folder, or B) ideally never even get that far.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

From the web interface, select a few of these spammy mails & click the Report Spam button.

Answer 2

You can do that using a Filter.

Steps to follow:

1. Go to setting page of GMail.
2. Click on the Filters Tab.
3. Click on "Create a new filter" buton.
4. In the "From" field write "*@box432.bluehost.com" (without " " - if your mails are comming from addresses like admin@box432.bluehost.com, email@box432.bluehost.com, xxx@box432.bluehost.com etc...)
5. Click on the "Next Step" button.
6. Check the "Delete it" and "Also apply filter to ** conversations below" (here "**" is the email count) checkboxs and click "Create Filter"

All mails from that type of email address will be deleted (including messages in the Inbox) automatically.

Answer 3

I haven't tried this, but it might work.

You can enable the LAB advanced imap controls and then under labels uncheck show in imap for the thrash label. You wouldn't get the online thrash folder available in Thunderbird and therefore not all the flooding mails.

How good this will work for you depends on how you have configured your Thunderbird alas if deleted emails in Thunderbird is sent to thrash or just archived

Answer 4

There is no way for you to do this directly, however you can indirectly make it happen by using the web interface to select a bunch of them and mark them as spam. Seriously after you select enough of them and mark them as spam consistently when they come in, they will get blocked upstream from your account. It's not an instant magic fix, you are going to have to wait for gmail to train itself on these messages.

In the mean time disable syncing the trash folder in your thunderbird / gmail imap settings so that you can survive the deluge. If you can't figure out how to actually disable the trash, filter them to a folder instead because it is much easier to not sync an imap folder. Just make sure you specify "skip the inbox" as well as the labeling for a folderin your filter. Then periodically open that folder from the web and mark everything as spam.