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
    2019-01-06T17:16:41+00:00

    I’ve done all this stuff that’s been suggested.  I’ve spent way too much time blocking, copying and pasting from the source of the emails, etc., to no avail!  I’ve been marking them and sending them to the ******@outlook.com address, and I think that’s made it worse.  Microsoft should have a filter on their end to block this crap from even making it to our mailboxes - with all the technology at your fingertips and in your brains, you all can’t come up with something like that???!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-28T18:41:21+00:00

    Hey everyone, 

    I was just dealing with the same problem for almost years and i think i just coincidentally figured out the solution!

    All you need to do is to click Settings 'gear' icon and then down there on the opening window, you'll see the 'View all Outlook settings' bottom.

    There at the very down is the selection of **'Manage Subscriptions'.**There you will see all the Spam addresses that send e-mails to you. So just Unsubscribethem.

    Worst advice ever! Do not take any of these steps because it is only sending an unsubscribe request back to the spammer which in turn lets them know now they have an active email address and in time you will only receive more. This poster should have given it time to see what the effects of their actions are before posting any of this advice.

    Okey let's see the effects of my actions, all together. I will keep here updated about the results.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-28T18:27:26+00:00

    Hey everyone, 

    I was just dealing with the same problem for almost years and i think i just coincidentally figured out the solution!

    All you need to do is to click Settings 'gear' icon and then down there on the opening window, you'll see the 'View all Outlook settings' bottom.

    There at the very down is the selection of **'Manage Subscriptions'.**There you will see all the Spam addresses that send e-mails to you. So just Unsubscribethem.

    Worst advice ever! Do not take any of these steps because it is only sending an unsubscribe request back to the spammer which in turn lets them know now they have an active email address and in time you will only receive more. This poster should have given it time to see what the effects of their actions are before posting any of this advice.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-28T16:10:53+00:00

    Hey everyone, 

    I was just dealing with the same problem for almost years and i think i just coincidentally figured out the solution!

    All you need to do is to click Settings 'gear' icon and then down there on the opening window, you'll see the 'View all Outlook settings' bottom.

    There at the very down is the selection of **'Manage Subscriptions'.**There you will see all the Spam addresses that send e-mails to you. So just Unsubscribethem.

    I just also figured out that the language of your outlook should be like English(Europe), or English(Germany) so that you can see the selection of 'Manage Subscriptions'.

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