Why is Hotmail Spam Filtering So Bad???

Anonymous
2022-03-11T14:14:25+00:00

This is the WORST spam filtering of any of my email programs.

I am constantly getting junk in my inbox and important emails are sent to spam.

Even my upcoming vacation flight emails from delta airlines and other businesses. This is causing havoc and stress I don't need!

What are my options? Increase spam filtering and send more important emails to junk?

Lessen spam filtering and get more junk in my inbox????

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-16T22:45:51+00:00

    So many blatant and obvious spam and junk mail coming through. Makes the Microsoft email service unbearable. Hate to move away from the service since been using this account for many years.

    Can't seem to find an obvious way to enable a tougher Spam filter in the setting. Seems like one would have to add all the miscellaneous address to the Block list... Terrible.

    Here's hoping AI will have a better stab at it...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-16T22:27:31+00:00

    Ahh. I have been doing this for years and it does nothing. It's a complete joke. The filtering is terrible and not even close to gmail. Which is the only other service I can compare it to. I even mark buissness emails from clients and vendors safe/not spam and they still go to junk. It's mind blowing how such a big company can be so incompetent at this.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-16T15:52:36+00:00

    I feel y'all frustration because I am myself at the end of the rope with this constant blatant spam emails coming to my Outlook inbox. How in god's name a premium email service can possibly have such an utterly garbage filter? Like Yahoo mail has better spam filter. They don't even bother to fix it. It has been going on for months and keep getting worse I feel. I can't imagine anyone who would be dumb enough to actually pay to use this email service.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-14T16:08:18+00:00

    I really think gmails handling of spam is much better. I have forwarded all my mail from hotmail to gmail and somehow gmail blocks all of the spam that hotmail lets through.

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