# How to block mail spammers

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 6, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-mail-spammers/274081 "2023-08-06T03:53:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-mail-spammers/274081/4 "2023-08-06T10:50:33Z")

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> [@Andro](#):
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> it clogs up the logs

That sounds like a minor administrative inconvenience - compare it to the impact of a less-than-perfect block preventing a real person from making a real contribution to your forum. Personally, I wouldn’t use any kind of blocking, because I never want to lose valid input, even if the cost is that I get some invalid input.

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