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Google announced on September 22, Tuesday that it has added a feature to desktop and Android App Gmail versions that blocks certain email addresses and sends them to a spam folder. The updated Gmail app will hit Google's Play Store next week. However, the search giant's e-mail service already contains more effective tools to end business' annoying ads or ex-lovers' offensive messages.
Google's new feature will automatically send mail from certain addresses to the spam folder. It will stay there until deleted.
If Gmail users accidentally block a person, they can unblock them, according to Android Headlines. That is done in Settings.
Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail technically do not have a "block" option that prevents users from receiving certain messages, according to PC World. Microsoft's Outlook has a "junk" option. It allows users to stop receiving email from a particular sender or the sender's domain.
The big issue is that some Gmail users might not want to see a sender's email and subject line in their inbox. An alternative to blocking is a "delete" filter.
The problem is that the process is a little tricky and confusing. It might explain why Google released the new Block command. It will be launched for the Gmail Android app sometime next week.
In addition, Google has said that an Unsubscribe function will likely be added to the Google Android app sooner. It will include an automated Unsubscribe command and hide the inbox's spam list.
Google Gmail's beta version was launched in April 2004, and became available to the general public in February 2007. It now has over 900 million users.
