Blocked Senders
Stop repeat offenders with one command. When you block a sender, their future emails are silently dropped — no issue created, no notification sent, no disruption to your team.
Blocking a sender
On any issue or discussion created from an email, add a comment:
/block-sender
Scitor extracts the sender’s email address from the issue metadata and adds it to the block list. The sender’s email is stored as a SHA-256 hash for privacy.
Unblocking a sender
To remove a sender from the block list:
/unblock-sender
What happens when a blocked sender emails
Emails from blocked senders are quietly discarded:
- No issue or discussion is created
- The sender receives no notification or bounce message
- Your team is never interrupted
Warning
Blocked senders will not know they’ve been blocked. Their emails are quietly discarded without any bounce or error message.
Privacy
- Email addresses are never stored in plain text
- Only a SHA-256 hash is kept in the blocks table
- The hash cannot be reversed to reveal the original email address
- Block lists are per-installation (per repository)
You can still reply
Blocking only affects inbound emails. You can still use /send to reply to a blocked sender on existing issues that were created before the block.