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• #IOS MARK TEXT AS SPAM HOW TO#

And for the few times I do need to make business calls, I use google voice. Yes, this works for me, but of course, if you have a business line or similar, it might not be practical. And if they don't leave a message, they are told they will be ignored. Only if I recognize an incoming number (essentially in my contacts) will I actually take a call. My outgoing VM message is quite clear: if they don't leave a message, I block their number. Funny that they didn't mind filling up my inbox with their junk but didn't like getting the "unable to deliver" message back all the time. So, I started using Bounce to Sender pretty freely and soon enough my email was dropped from many of those lists. It didn't take long and I was getting all sorts of junk email from distant "relatives". Some of those people would then copy her "send to" list and add it to their own and send out a different email with some stupid joke or some other thing I had no interest in. My MIL used to send out mass emails to everyone in her family. That was a few years ago and I haven't checked it since, but have any of those behaviors changed?Īlso, I really miss the "Bounce to Sender" feature that used to be in Mail. My take-away was that, yes, the blocking worked for me but for the person trying to contact me it seemed like I was simply ignoring them, which kinda sucks.

He sent me an iMessage that I didn't get notified of, he got the "delivered" notification on his end and I think it went into "unknown senders" in Messages. But he heard my outgoing voicemail message and was able to leave me a message and I'm pretty sure I was able to listen to that message. At the time, I blocked a co-worker and he tried to call me, my phone gave no indication I had an incoming call even though it was ringing on his end. When call/text blocking first appeared on iOS I tried it with a couple of co-workers, just to see what happened. They can trying phoning, texting, messaging or FaceTime-ing as much as they like, they'll never get through and you'll never even know they tried. You'll be asked to confirm that you mean it but if you do, that's it. On the page that appears, tap on Block this Caller. Open the chat from the person you wish to block, tap on their name, and then tap on the ‘Info’ option.If they've been calling, find a recent call from them on your iPhone.

#IOS MARK TEXT AS SPAM HOW TO#

In this case, here’s how to block text messages from certain people on iPhone.ġ. However, there are times when you may cross paths with annoying people, someone you no longer wish to stay in contact with, or if some random contact is messaging you. Spam messages and marketing messages are surely the most annoying. As such, I do not use the Truecaller SMS filter as I am paranoid about my privacy, but make sure you also only share data with developers you trust.īlock Text Messages from a Particular Contact That is definitely a lot of personal information to be shared with this third-party app. Why, you ask? As you can see in the image below, by enabling the Truecaller filter, it will receive text, attachments, and sender information in SMS and MMS messages.

However, make sure you are using an SMS filter from a company you trust.

Then, instead of SMS Filter, select ‘Truecaller’ from the list below. Make sure you have enabled the ‘Filter Unknown Senders’ toggle.