My Outlook inbox is suddenly getting a ton of spam and I don't know how to stop it

Anonymous
2022-10-25T16:57:23+00:00

Last week, my personal Outlook email started getting ~50 spam emails per day. I barely ever use this email address, so I am not sure how or why this began to happen. How can I stop all of this spam from getting to my inbox?

I have been flagging all of the emails as spam, but it doesn't seem to be stopping the influx of emails I am getting.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-15T12:22:19+00:00

    What do you mean by 'I disconnected my account'?'

    So you do not have anything checked in the Junk E-mail Options now?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-15T11:20:14+00:00

    Here is what worked for me :

    1/I emptied all the white lists and other lists in the spam parameters then checked the two boxes at the bottom of the page then saved.

    2/ I disconnected my account and waited for a day.

    3/ I reconnected to my account and unchecked the two boxes at the end on the spam parameters page. I let the other lists blank.

    4/ I disconnected from my account for a day

    The SPAM filter is now all good

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-15T10:59:10+00:00

    I have the exact same issue and this is driving me crazy!

    Blocking sender/Reporting as spam or phishing does not do anything. It's like it does not work at all.

    I have set Junk Mail Option to Safe List only and I still receive over 20 spam emails per day!

    Does this look like a Safe List Only to you?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-13T07:50:55+00:00

    This problem has been somewhat resolved for me, after I cleaned out almost every domain added to my trusted domains. I still get like a bazillion spammails, but now they end up in the trash at least, and not in the priority inbox.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-11T11:16:37+00:00

    Thanks @deansturgess. You would like to think a company like @Microsoft would be trying to actively resolve this issue.

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