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
    2023-10-19T07:10:48+00:00

    From not the community crew:

    Maybe the positive list and negative list should be tried modified.
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    1. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/command-line-switches-for-microsoft-office-products-079164cd-4ef5-4178-b235-441737deb3a6#Category=Outlook

    open cmd windows as the administrater
    outlook.exe /cleansubscriptions

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    2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/administration/delete-junk-email-rules-mfcmapi-exchange

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T12:59:05+00:00

    Mine has gone crazy. This is CLEARLY a problem at Microsoft. What is being done to fix this????

    Can you tell how have fix the .what is being done to fix ???

    l am getting more 100 spams and junks already inform mircosoft without any reply . How can stopped the spams and prishing emails from junk folder.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T19:27:42+00:00

    It's really bad, I know. Not what you want to hear, but I suggest scrolling through all the messages.

    There's no (clear) fix. However, I wrote at least 4 posts indicating that after several months, my problem disappeared. No idea why.

    No one else has indicated the same; not that I remember. I can't imagine being the only one. But when things work, no one says much, right?

    Not saying this will be the case for you. In the meantime, do all you can to update junk settings, etc. GL

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T20:43:46+00:00

    I have had this issue since August 2023 and it doesn't get better. As soon I have energy to move everything over to a new email address with another provider I will do it. The issue is that I have had my email address for like 15 years so it will be quite a lot of work but having all these spams everyday is more tiring. I'm sorry but there doesn't seem to be a solution and Microsoft doesn't seem to care 🤷‍♀️.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-21T00:26:55+00:00

    i sure do agree; i am in the same boat !

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