how to eliminate emails in foreign language

Hi Sandra Headrick

From your post, I understand how frustrating it is to keep receiving unwanted emails.

Just to tailor this better for you:

• Are these emails all from different senders each time, or do you notice repeated domains (for example, same ending like .xyz, .ru, etc.)?

In the meantime, please try the following:

1, Block the sender or entire domain

This is the most reliable way to stop repeated spam from the same source.

• Right‑click one of the emails
• Select “Block” > “Block Sender”

Or manually add domains:

• Go to “Home” > “Block” > “Junk E‑mail Options”
• Open “Blocked Senders” tab
• Add entries like:
  • specific email: spam@example.com
  • or entire domain: @example.com

Once added, Outlook will always send those messages to Junk automatically

2, Block emails by language / alphabet

Since you mentioned foreign-language spam, Outlook has a built‑in option for this:

• Go to “Home” > “Block” > “Junk E‑mail Options”
• Open the “International” tab
• Click “Blocked Encodings List”
• Select the languages/encodings you don’t want

This allows you to filter out messages written in unfamiliar character sets

3, Block by country/region domains

If the emails are coming from certain regions:

• In the same “International” tab
• Click “Blocked Top‑Level Domain List”
• Check countries you want to block (e.g., RU, CN, etc.)

This blocks emails based on their domain endings

4, Adjust Junk filter level (quick improvement)

• Go to “Home” > “Block” > “Junk E‑mail Options” > “Options” tab
• Try setting it to “High”

This increases how aggressively Outlook filters spam.

I truly hope this helps. Please feel free to let me know how it goes and thank you for your understanding.

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