Script for simplifying spam control

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Good evening everybody. I am new here and also not familiar with VBA. So I thought I should ask if this is feasible and if I can get a bit of guidance on the how-to. Every morning, after opening outlook (2016) I go through the same routine to control spam. My goal is to single out the sender's domain and do a permanent delete. At least, I won't see spam from that domain ever again. While tiresome, it has been effective.

So... on the email I receive I copy the email address. Then, I follow the rules to create a rule: create a rule, advanced options, with specific words on the sender's address, I add the domain name, click Ok and Next, permanently delete it + stop processing rules, NEXT, NEXT, run this rule now, finish.

The above steps delete the spam and that is that, forever. I don't mind doing it for each domain-spam I receive but I was wondering if there is a way to shorten and simplify this process. Any comment is greatly appreciated.
 
Are the spam in the inbox?

A macro could get the domain name onto the click board, but adding rules is more complicated. The big issue with blocking addresses is most spammers don't reuse addresses so they are only used once then removed. The exception is if you are like me and get spam from people trying to sell you services and they follow up 3 or 4 times. I have some companies who email fairly often - one person sends 3 or 4 messages, then a few months later, a new person.


I was working on a script to watch the inbox (or junk folder) for addresses and delete messages from those addresses but ran into bugs and haven't had time to spend on figuring out where I went wrong.
 
Thank you for all responses and thanks Diane.

Yes, in the inbox. I understand the change of domains. However, I was only looking to simplify the process as it now takes 7 to 8 steps. I was hoping for 2 or 3 steps. That will be progress.

But I just noticed one thing they all have in common and may help in stopping, at least, this current wave of spam. Universally, the spam is back-dated. Today's, for example, is showing in my inbox as sent "9/17/2023". I hardly remember having received a legit email that was back-dated. Perhaps, a way to stop this specific type is to have a routine that "permanently deletes" anything that is received "today" with a back-dated "sent date". Do you think this is possible?
 
I just wrote a new rule using "received on specified dates" and narrow the after/before dates to 2 days in September so that the rule does not delete other emails from the past I keep in the inbox. I also narrowed the rule to only 1 of my email addresses and to the inbox so that it does not delete past emails in other folders. Let's see if this stops, slows down the current wave.
 
They date rule probably won't work (it uses received not sent) but a script could do it.


You can block the sender with 1 click - but it blocks the entire address, you need to edit to block the domain - but blocking is mostly useless because spammers change addresses. Hitting Del is fastest for most spam.
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Thanks again. Yes, did not work.

Instead, I checked the headers and found the date sent with hours, minutes and seconds. Strangely, these batches are being sent at the same time/date. So I used the rule "with specific words in the message header" and deleted it permanently. So far, it's working. Chances of messages other than this wave of spam being sent at the exact time counting seconds is 1 in a million. And yes, there is always the 1-click "delete". Thank you for all the help.
 
Diane Poremsky said:
Thanks for the update! hopefully the spammer will give up soon. :)
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I wish. For a while I was setting up a rule to move spam into my junk folder. Then I noticed that spammers were constantly changing user names and/or domains. It's a losing battle. Now every morning I do manual deletes and be done with it.
 
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