# Email blocking not working?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blocking-not-working/200645
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blocking-not-working/200645 "2021-08-16T21:34:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@tmomas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmomas)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blocking-not-working/200645/1 "2021-08-16T21:34:56Z")
Not sure if this is a bug, therefore posting it in #Support
**Issue:** Although emailaddress [xxx@yahoo.com](mailto:xxx@yahoo.com) has been blocked on 29.12.2020, a new account with the same emailaddress has been created on 13.08.2021.
Same procedure again, block email on 13.08.2021, but a new account has been created on 16.08.2021
| Date | IP | Username | email |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16-Aug-21 | 110.a.b.c | username | [xxx@yahoo.com](mailto:xxx@yahoo.com) |
| 13-Aug-21 | 110.a.d.e | username | [xxx@yahoo.com](mailto:xxx@yahoo.com) |
| 29-Dec-20 | 94.f.g.h | [username.com](http://username.com) | [xxx@yahoo.com](mailto:xxx@yahoo.com) |
- `max age unmatched emails` is on default (365 days)
- [xxx@yahoo.com](mailto:xxx@yahoo.com) is included in _Screened Emails_ since 29.12.2020
Why is someone able to create a new account with this emailaddress two times after it has been blocked?
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blocking-not-working/200645/2 "2021-08-17T09:36:13Z")
This might be the same issue I had before: [Blocked Canonical Gmails - Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-canonical-gmails-issue/193197)
Deleting the email block record and blocking it again made the non-working rule start working again for me. Seemed to be an issue with older email block records.