I am tired of all the junk mail I get. the more I block the more I get WHY?

Anonymous
2013-07-12T23:20:17+00:00

I have tried and tried to block all the sexual emails I get in my Junk folder the more I block the more I get.  WHY?  There is not a way to restrict them I have tried.  Please I am so tired of them.  I want to close my Hotmail account I have had for years, that is how sick and tired of them I am.  Because my name is the email account you just let anyone post email to it? I would hate to close my account, and I like my name being on it.  How can I fix this it is important.

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Anonymous
2013-07-14T15:13:21+00:00

* Added on 21 July 2022 because so many people are being brought to this thread by a search.

If outlook.com is sending these messages to Junk, they're being (in outlook terms) "blocked."

You cannot create a rule to delete or do anything else to these messages. Rules don't work in the Junk folder.

Look through the Junk folder every day or two to see if legitimate messages were sent to Junk and delete the messages that really are spam/junk.

Don

We're sorry for the inconvenience as you're receiving a lot of Junk mails. Let me see what  I can do to help you with this problem. Just to make sure  I won't be providing you same steps, can you please give us the exact steps you've taken in blocking those e-mails? Let us know.

If you haven't tried blocking the e-mail address or domain whose sending you those e-mails, I suggest that you do so. Check out the following steps:

Check your Blocked sender list.

Sign in to your account. Go to inbox.

  1. Click Options located at the upper-right side of the page.
  2. Select More Options.
  3. Under Preventing junk email, click Safe and blocked senders.
  4. Click Blocked senders. ( add the e-mail address or domain/website in the field under Blocked email address or domain: )
  5. Click Add to list >>.

I hope this helps. Let us know the result. If you have further questions, don't hesitate to post back.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-26T18:15:39+00:00

    Hi

    had a questionnaire type thing to fill 'How are we doing' they got both barrels and Im sure they will take as much notice of that as they have done about these complaints that seem to have been going since 2013.

    It did say at the end yours comments are important to us YEAH YEAH YEAH

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-26T16:34:15+00:00

    I too wish to add my name/voice to the massive list of complaints on this thread, with regards to this disgusting, vulgar, shameful sexual email content.

    I get at least 3 viagra emails a day (I am a FEMALE) and various disgusting emails inviting me to have **** with women and god knows how many other desperate individuals. The language used within these emails (I never ever open them - but the first line of the content is plain as day) is utterly offensive and disturbing.

    I get up to 20 a day and am continually having to get on my laptop to block them, as my ipad doesn't allow this function on my outlook on there.

    I can't even begin to explain how upsetting and offensive I find these emails. Why on earth should we even have to be putting up with it?!! It is highly offensive. No different to getting flashed in the street - which is a criminal offense!

    Something needs to be DONE about this. Why can other email providers stop this filth getting through, but Microsoft seem incapable?!

    None of the filters work. I spent time adding every vulgar word I could think of to this 'supposed' filter setting, and pretty much within 5 minutes I had emails with the word f ^ ^k in them etc etc. I find it so distressing I can't even tell you...and I am by no means a prude.

    I am in the process of abandoning my live account and using my new gmail one I have set up for my uni work. How sad it has to come to that, because you have no way of protecting the innocent public to this disgusting show of vile filth!! With technology at the level it is worldwide today, I have to assume you just don't care about your customers, and I would hazard a guess that it is because we aren't paying for your services?!

    It's just not on.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-24T01:25:21+00:00

    Exactly, so why do you both with outlook

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-24T01:23:57+00:00

    I agree, nearly half are using my own email address that I have now changed three times, do you know how much time this takes notifying everyone but I cant take the chance with kids

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