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
    2017-09-12T17:35:12+00:00

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks for the response. I always assumed that these emails come from overseas and they are always from different email addresses and even though the subject and "sender" has the same trends.  

    IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL POST SCREENSHOTS OF OUR JUNK FOLDERS?!?!

    I think that would get the attention of the MS community as it would/should be an embarrassment to the software moguls.  Google figured out how to do it (for free) with gmail so why can't hotmail do the same?

    Let's team together and save out precious hotmail addresses!!!!!

    Best,

    Michael

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-09-12T16:51:33+00:00

    Michael,

    I agree the filters aren't solving the problem and dread looking in my JUNK folder everyday because I'm hit with a barrage of filth.  

    One thing I have learned is that if you request to unsubscribe, then they know they have a 'live one' and hit you even harder with this filth.

    Personally, I'd like to publicly drag everyone of these people responsible for writing this filth out into the street, and horse whip them within an inch of their life.  I know a wrong doesn't make a right but it would sure deter would be filth spammers if it were possible to see exactly whose putting this out.

    I know identifying these spammers is possible, but we choose as a society to just chalk it up to, "Well it's junk mail and everyone just has to deal with it."

    Thanks for chiming in.

    Best,

    Steve

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-04T15:20:51+00:00

    This is the same problem that I have.  When I try to block this stuff, it says it's coming from MY EMAIL ADDRESS.  

    This is so FRUSTRATING!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-09-01T21:42:20+00:00

    I support Michael's comments. It's time this was resolved. Some of the emailspurport to come from my own email address which I have listed to block.

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