"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Dee.Dee" > wrote:
>
>> This is kinda puzzling to me.
>>
>> When one blocks a sender and the sender has been a avid poster, it takes
>> a
>> moment to delete all of their previous posts, after you have clicked that
>> you wish all of the previous posts to be deleted.
>>
>> Do you think the computer will delete all postings from the same poster
>> even
>> if they have a different posting name.
>
> I think the computer will do what you tell it. If you block somebody,
> and they take out a gmail account with a different name and address,
> they won't be blocked. If they change their name every day, but keep
> the same Email address, then if you block by Email address, they will be
> blocked.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA


And, it won't block all the angry messages written *to* the offending
sender, unless the software offers that option. Often, those messages are
far more numerous than the one from the sender, so you're still seeing the
same subject line, and loads of messages anyway.