how can I block spam from 'appspot.com'

I am getting approximately 200 emails every 3 to 4 hours. So in a 24 hour period, I've gone through approximately 1500 emails - approximately 10,000 emails per week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm having to do this multiple times a day just to keep up.It is very difficult scanning through these to try to spot emails that went to the Junk folder that shouldn't have!!

As noted in the post from "IslandCat, it is correct. I also discovered that Microcrap DOESN'T allow rules to be created against the Junk folder. What a bunch of ****. So I tried making the "appspot.com" domain a "Safe" domain so the emails would go to my inbox where Microcrap allows rules to be created. I then created some rules to "Delete" anything from "appspot.com". THIS DOESN'T EVEN WORK!!! All the appspot.com **** continues to go to my Junk folder where I am PROHIBITED from creating any rules even though I specified the Domain as SAFE.

HELP, HELP, HELP, HELP, HELP, MICROCRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your rule against supporting rules for the Junk folder is REDICULOUS!!!@!@!

In the meantime, I would encourage EVERYONE to report these emails as "Phishing". You do that by "Select All" (in your Junk folder) ==> "Not Junk" (in the drop down menu) ==> "Phishing".  

************   Perhaps if MICROCRAP gets millions of reports, they might finally do something about it.  *******************

Hi spartanSM,

I'm Tyler, an independent advisor trying to help.

As I understand it, you haven't blocked the domains of those spam emails right? If you don't, I would suggest doing so. That should help stopping the spam emails.

In the article below are steps on how to do so!

> https://www.lifewire.com/block-sender-outlook-1...

I hope this helps you.

Disclaimer: There are links to non-Microsoft websites. The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it.

Best Regards,

Tyler.

Try creating a rule. For instance if sender email contains "hotmail-notice.appspot.com" then "delete".  I just tried this this morning hoping at least they won't go into my junk email folder anymore.

Unfortunately, you have to work around Microsoft's VERY flawed Outlook rules implementation. Microsoft thinks... Ohhh, if we just send several hundred of those appspot.com emails to the Junk folder, we've done our job. But they forget, they also mistakenly send valid emails to the Junk folder as well. So you (as their captive user) have to wade through hundreds of Junk emails each day before you delete all of your Junk emails so you don't accidentally delete that one email they mistakenly sent to your Junk folder (which you needed).

The way I have gotten around this is that you have to create a "Junk" folder rule that makes something.appspot.com a trusted email/safe. This is because Microsoft's lame rules for the Junk folder won't allow using just "appspot.com" when creating a rule. It doesn't recognize that form as valid. What a bunch of ****...

So that "something" I use is the last letter in the email address just prior to ".appspot.com". For example, if you're getting emails from something like "nnv$#cv*7qa.wrtvu.appspot.com" create a trusted/safe rule for your Junk folder with a "Sender's address containing"  "u.appspot.com". By just using the last letter "u" preceding ".appspot.com" it gets around Microsoft's email address validation **** rules; and it ignores any characters before the last letter (which appspot frequently changes). This causes Outlook to send the email to your Inbox. By the way, right now, the **** coming from appspot.com is preceded by the letter "r". So I've created a trusted/safe Junk rule that looks like "r.appspot.com".

Now, once the email heads to your Inbox rather than the LAME Junk folder, you can use the more powerful Inbox rules to delete those **** emails with a "Senders address contains" Rule that has "r.appspot.com". Every appspot.com email that contains the letters "r.appspot.com" characters in it, regardless of what precedes those characters, will then be deleted by Outlook. So far I have about 7 Junk trusted/safe rules with matching Inbox rules that are deleting the appspot.com emails. Before I did this, I was getting around 400 - 600 emails per day from appspot.com. Also, by the way, for some reason, it sometimes takes these rules a day or so to take effect. 

Too bad we have to do all this for a really poor rule implementation in Outlook. Hey, Microsoft, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! This is a real problem and your implementation of Outlook rules is really, really, really LAME! I strongly recommend Microsoft get some real Product Managers to fix Outlooks rules problem. It's making Outlook more and more useless. And I'm certain this isn't an engineering problem; but more of a leadership issue.

Correct - rules do not apply to the Spam folder.  I suddenly started getting 100's of spam emails after years of not getting any on my hotmail account.  I have been working with MS Support to no avail - no reduction in spam.  Until they allow use of rules in the spam folder, i think there is no relief...