9.10. Block Messages from a Country to Reduce Spam

If you receive a great deal of spam from e-mail addresses that originate in a particular country, you can avoid dealing with those messages by telling Windows Live Mail to block messages that come from that country.

On the Internet, a domain name is a name that specifies an Internet location. The main domain name takes the form mydomain.com, and most domains also have subdomains such as a Web site — usually www.mydomain.com — or a mail server — usually mail.mydomain.com.

The part of the domain name after the last dot is called the top-level domain, and some, such as com, edu, and org that are not country-specific. However, many top-level domains do use country or region codes. For example, ca ...

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