{"id":1440,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583508-how-to-block-unwanted-incoming-emails-on-hostinger-email\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:56:13","slug":"1583508-how-to-block-unwanted-incoming-emails-on-hostinger-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583508-how-to-block-unwanted-incoming-emails-on-hostinger-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to block unwanted incoming emails on Hostinger Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">When using email at Hostinger, you can be sure that our servers already have the <b>most advanced spam blocking tools<\/b> installed, in addition to the standard anti-spam measures such as SPF, DKIM, and blacklist checking.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-block-senders-using-allow-block-lists\">Block senders using Allow\/Block lists<\/h2><p>You can block incoming email from specific addresses or domains using Allow\/Block lists, available in both Webmail and hPanel:<\/p><ul>\n<li>In Webmail, go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Allow \/ Block Lists<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_09-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_09-23.png 1201w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_09-23-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_09-23-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_09-23-768x583.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In hPanel, go to <strong>Emails<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Mailboxes<\/strong> next to the email you want to set up &rarr; <strong>Agentic Mail<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Allow \/ Block lists<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1916\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03.png 1916w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03-1024x463.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-10_13-03-1536x694.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1916px) 100vw, 1916px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Mail from blocked addresses or domains is rejected and never reaches the inbox or Spam folder.<\/p><p>You can also add addresses or domains to an allow list so mail from them always reaches the inbox and is never routed to Spam. The block list takes priority if an address appears on both lists.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-filter-unwanted-emails\">Filter unwanted emails<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are still receiving some unwanted messages, you can simply prevent them from reaching your inbox by creating an <b>email filter<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can <b>create and manage email filters <\/b>from Webmail by following this detailed guide:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><a class=\"intercom-h2b-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469173-how-to-set-up-email-filters-with-hostinger-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Set Up Email Filters<\/a><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">With an email filter, you can define a <b>specific sender<\/b> and\/or <b>subject keywords <\/b>identified as spam, as well as automatically move the emails to Trash or Spam.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If you&rsquo;re experiencing a different kind of email issue, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4768099-what-to-do-if-hostinger-emails-are-not-working\/\">what to do if Hostinger emails are not working.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filtering unwanted email\/spam from your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-troubleshooting"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583508-how-to-block-unwanted-incoming-emails-on-hostinger-email\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583508-como-bloquear-los-correos-electronicos-entrantes-no-deseados\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583508-puis-je-bloquer-les-courriels-recus-indesirables\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583508-apakah-saya-bisa-memblokir-email-masuk-yang-tidak-diinginkan-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583508-como-bloquear-o-recebimento-de-e-mails-indesejados\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583508-----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15410,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions\/15410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}