How to Block Marketing Emails in Outlook (Using Alibaba as an Example)

Getting too many Alibaba emails? And every time you click Report Junk, Outlook opens that annoying Alibaba ‘Email Preferences’ page instead of blocking them?
Let me show you the real way to stop them — permanently.

Step 1 — Don’t use ‘Report Junk’

Alibaba uses a special unsubscribe link. Outlook thinks you want to manage preferences, so it sends you to this page.
This does not block anything.

Step 2 — Open Outlook Settings

Instead, we block them directly inside Outlook

Step 3 — Create a Block Rule

Click Mail, then Rules, then Add new rule.
Name it: Block Alibaba

Condition:

  • From → contains → alibaba.com

Action:

  • Delete
    or
  • Delete permanently

Save it.
Now every Alibaba email gets deleted before it even hits your inbox.

Step 4 — (Optional) Block the Domain

[Screen recording: Mail → Junk email → Blocked senders]
“Want extra protection?
Go to Junk email, then Blocked senders and domains. Add:

  • alibaba.com
  • newsletter.alibaba.com
  • notice.alibaba.com”

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