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
    2017-12-20T23:39:38+00:00

    Yup   me too.... NO MORE TRASH EMAILS.... what a treat to not see sex emails, etc  in my mail anymore! 

    I'm glad they aren't there but should of never happened in the first place ~ they were getting extremely inappropriate!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-20T19:35:43+00:00

    I had tried that, but it seemed to just create more yucky emails.  I so happy Microsoft seems to have taken care of all the awful junk mail, i had been receiving!!  It is so great to not see that stuff anymore!!  Thank you Microsoft!! I complained, but a few times i just went through all of them, put a check mark on each then clicked Junk at the top menu, then clicked Phishing Scam.  Guess it didn't hurt anything, maybe helped!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-20T15:27:47+00:00

    My computer has a "create rule" that seems to be working for me.   I also opened some of the junk mail, scrolled past the horrible pictures, and found an "unsubscribe" button at the bottom - someimes that works.  Sometimes it doesn't.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-20T03:39:56+00:00

    Hopefully, everyone has finally received the wonder results that I have.  ALL THE NASTY, SEXY Junk mails are no longer in my junk box.  My junk has gone from about 150 of those, to NONE, only normal junk mail.  Thank you Microsoft!!

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