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How to block foreign emails (with Chinese characters) in Outlook?

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Have you ever received spams containing special foreign characters, such as Chinese chars, Russian chars, etc. in Outlook? Here, in this article I will share a way to block emails with specified foreign characters in Outlook.

Block foreign emails (with Chinese characters) in Outlook

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To block all emails with specified foreign characters in Outlook, please do as follows:

1. Select one email in the specified email account, and click Home > Junk > Junk E-mail Options. See screenshot:

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2. In the Junk E-mail Options dialog box, please enable the International tab, and click the Blocked Encodings List button. See screenshot:

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3. In the Blocked Encodings List dialog box, please check the specified foreign languages you will block, and click the OK button. See screenshot:

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4. Click the OK button to close the Junk E-mail Options dialog box.

From now on, all incoming emails with the specified foreign characters in the specified email account will be blocked automatically.


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