Do you know if the second method works for blocking spam texts from email addresses? I get these fairly often and they show up as messages, even though they are from an email address.
Wayne On 10/27/21, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > That is certainly one of several ways to block text messages from a > specified source. There are at least two more ways to do this: > > 1) Provided the sender you want to block is in your Contacts, open the > Phone app, select the “Contacts” tab at the bottom, locate the offending > contact and open it, activate the “Edit” button and finally locate and > activate the “Block” button at the bottom of the contact dialog. > > 2) Or you can open “Settings” and activate the “Phone” item. Then locate > and activate the “Block Senders” button, in the resulting dialog locate and > activate the “Add” button and then simply fill in the telephone number you > desire to block. > > Seems like there ought to be a simpler way to do this. I’ve done this using > both above methods and the method Dan suggested enough times that it seems > easy enough to me until I start giving written instructions!!! YIKES!!!! > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - "Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare." > - Japanese Proverb > > >> On Oct 26, 2021, at 7:37 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ok, I figured this one out. the user guide does not explain it fully so I >> was confused. >> >> >> >> to do this you first have to open a text conversation. You next double >> tap on the name/phone number at the top of the screen. This will bring up >> a list of choices. The user guide says to scroll down and click on the >> "block this sender" button. This is not correct because this choice >> doesn't show up in this list. You should find the "More info" button and >> click on it at this point. You will now see a list of choices which does >> include the block button. 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