rules that work on spam folder
I am making tonnes of rules to try to cut down on the amount of spam I am getting. I have dozens of rules, saying for certain words to be deleted, but they are still ending up in my Junk Email. The same words being used over and over in the rules, but they are still going through. So your rules are not working what so ever.
I was told that the rules do NOT apply to emails that are you already direct to the spam folder, that your "spam" rules bypass any rules we make ourselves. That's rather annoying. Especially since your rules really don't stop these at all. I'm getting the exact same spam every day for weeks now.
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pepch
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Why not an option to "block" in "rules"
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Anonymous
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Why don't rules work on junk folder? it used to be so easy to block emails by address or content, so that they would be deleted (not sent to junk) before outlook took over Hotmail. Now it seems impossible.
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Anonymous
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I know I am doing them correctly but half the time the rules do not work. Seems very random whether they work or not. I am trying to block certain patterns of junk addresses such as .email, return, etc to cut down on the overwhelming amt of junkmail.
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Jason Meyer
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This version of Outlook is the worst. No matter how many times I mark an email as not junk, or send someone to the blocked email, or approved email sender lists my mail ends up all over the place. I will have mail come in from the exact same sender and half will go to junk and the other half will go to my inbox, how does that even happen. To make matters worse I have created many rules to move my mail where I need it to go, and half the time the rules fire off correctly and half the time they don't. Again I have senders that I have approved and created rules for that are going to junk. What is wrong with all of this. You are Microsoft, you should be more sophisticated than this **** you have given us. Please fix your buggy email system!!!
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Anonymous
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same, inundated with spam, rules, block, etc. not effective
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Brian Boulden
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Remove the rules and block address buttons since they don't work anyway
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Pete
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This problem has gone on for so long now that it is time to move on from Outlook. Even disabling spam filter as a workaround does not work properly.
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Anonymous
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I have the same problem with rules, they don't make any difference, spam emails keep coming in.
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Joe
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Legitimate emails are always ending up in my spam folder. With the amount of actual spam I receive on top of that, the legitimate emails get lost and deleted quite often. The fact that we are in an age where AI is becoming more prevalent makes this even worse. You're telling me that your "Smart filter" can't distinguish the obvious phishing attempt over emails that actually contain real info?
If your smart filter can't do the job, let me do its job. Emails should go through rules first and then your "Smart filter". With this I can actually stop 90% of the actual junk mail that I get
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luckymonkey85
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blockin g it should mean it doesent end up in spam it should mean it shouldnt be delivered to mailbox. also rules dont work as I still receive it in my junk email when I have it set to be deleted if it contains certain words. wish could completly block or mark as spam to not recieve anymore. please improve your spam blocking!!!!
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Gary
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Rules are not working and never have. I am trying to eliminate junk mail as it comes in by using text in the sender's address. Specifically the domain name 'wooordpress'.
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john-dub
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why are my rules not working?? I set up a rule for a certain sender and added a condition whenever the senders address contains, (domain name). Yet I continue to get their spam in my inbox.
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fletcher.jack
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Email rules don't work. Please fix this!
I made a few rules to remove spam from my inbox because your anti spam features are rubbish. No matter how many times I report something as 'phishing' I receive the same message from the same sender within 24hours!... To stop this I setup my own rules that say anything from [sender] should be deleted automatically, but this doesn't even work! Please fix this before I move everything to GMail.
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jon kaplowitz
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Why have Rules when they don't work? Actually, Rules DID work until you replaced the WORKING code with what is there now. I am switching providers. I don't have time to sort through spam.
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DS
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Same here....its useless.
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Greg
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It's nuts that rules don't run against the Junk folder -- we need to be able to set inbox to Exclusive, and have rules run against the remaining mail directed to the Junk folder.
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lpbcorp1
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Rules to avoid scam emails do not work: I have a rule to remove scam emails with content about "Amazon Amazon Order Confirmation" ..........but still (repeatedly) receive this message
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outlook_3FFB1F433106C847
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I keep receiving emails from a sender who I have tried blocking and also creating a rule that should delete the emails as soon as they enter my inbox - neither have worked. VERY FRUSTRATING
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lpbcorp1
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Rules not working to delete scam emails like ""Amazon order""
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Anonymous
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I'm female. Anyway I receive VIAGRA publicity over and over again, even when I created the ruled for not receiving it. For this things I usually do not use this e-mail. You must to improve drastically.
