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Description

Gmail itself has the ability to block specific senders, and then all future messages from that sender always go to Spam. In addition, the Settings interface allows users to view and manage the list of blocked senders.

This feature request is for API to read and manage the Gmail server-side sender blocklist.

A starting point for a propose might be to mirror the way Filters work, e.g. something like users.settings.senders.blocklist or users.settings.filters.blocklist. This would need the ability to List, Delete, Get, and Create entries on the blocklist.

Use case

I work on Mimestream, a macOS email client specifically focused on Gmail. Many of our users have asked for the ability to block senders and manage the Gmail blocklist from within the app.

Notes

I'm aware of the API's ability to create Filters. However, implementing a blocklist feature this way would mix into the user's actual Filters list, and be inconsistent with the way that Gmail itself and the first-party Gmail apps work. Hence, the request for a proper API to keep these two concepts separated.

This was once previously requested but it was closed -- hence a fresh request.