Microsoft Teams Lacks Effective Way to Block Unwanted External Solicitation Messages
A user received persistent unsolicited messages from spam/solicitation accounts on Microsoft Teams with no way to block or turn them off, ultimately abandoning the app entirely because of the harassment.
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