"Report Phishing" no longer go to Deleted Folder

It is very perplexing how this issue started in the first place and why it has taken this long to address. Do Microsoft employees not use Outlook? It's an annoying issue, and I get many spam emails every day, more than with any other email provider. I'm not sure their spam filters or reporting function work very well either.

Has anyone here tried an alternative to Outlook ?

I used to be able to block the spammers domain under create a rule in Outlook and this worked great . You cant even do that anymore. Create a rule that moves the spammers domain to Deleted Items , the rule wont work , you just get a spinning circle besides the folder . Nothing happens .

Good morning (Well, it's morning here in beautiful Wisconsin, USA) to all who have responded in one way or another.

Here is yet another thing about this whole "Junk Folder" debacle I learned this morning ... I use Valvoline Motor Oils in my vehicles, etc. so, inevitably, I have set up an account on their website and get that occasional email, as they are quite conscious about not sending out a bunch of **** every couple of weeks. Anyway ... yesterday, I got a BOGO promotional email from them and it went to my "Junk" folder. So, as I always do with emails mistaken for junk was click "Report" up top and then clicked "Not Junk" and it put it in my inbox, which is what should happen ... So, anyway, I clicked the link in the email and went to their website to check their pricing of these items. Ultimately, I decided I could get the oil cheaper at Walmart than to go through the hassle of filling out an order form and paying the shipping fees, etc. Well, this morning, I got another email from them confirming that I did look at said products and if I was still interested. IT AGAIN WENT TO MY JUNK FOLDER! Okay, ... in defense of Micro$haft ... one was addressed "shop@valvolineglobal,com" and the other was addressed "******@valvolineglobal.com" but, both were titled "Valvoline Global". So, I guess something is working! Lol

There are several threads with basically the same issue by now:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/reporting-phishing-does-not-delete-email-anymore/7a01a1b5-9b9b-4903-9c40-41a4054b338e

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/reporting-outlook-junk-mail-as-phishing-no-longer/fbeb2794-92b0-46d0-aba8-639de3ed2028 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/reporting-spam-doesnt-delete-spam-anymore/e19669a9-4ba9-4958-9dd7-9893011c0b5a?page=2

"Microsoft" has given some insight in this thread, though: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/report-phishing-in-junk-folder-doesnt-work-anymore/d06a9f8f-8b21-4da4-bd46-52a72019bc7f

The new workflow is as follows:

1. Select malicious emails from Junk Mail Folder and hit Report (Phising).
2. A pop-up dialog appears stating that all selected emails will be reported and blocked.
3. If you confirm "the report is submitted even if the email reappears back on the Junk folder" as stated by Vince R.
4. Optionally you can empty the Junk-Mail-Folder afterwards, confirm "Delete All". The mails will be deleted for good now, not moved to the trash bin like it used to be.

To be honest, I am fine with this. I like it even more now that the junk emails are deleted permanently and not reappear in the deleted items folder.

It does not bother me that reporting them does not delete them right away, though it's still a little odd, that they "disappear" after reporting, just to be back when you refresh. Maybe they can just leave them and state something like: "selected items have now been reported, you may delete them now permanently."

Except who the hell has time to do things in duplicate? Like I'm trying to get things done and sift through the ridiculous amount of junk, spam, and phishing emails for what I might actually need to expeditiously view. I've always reported phishing so that there's some feeling of contribution which may halt others from being conned and eventually stop it from being profitable for scammers to continue doing what they do. But, also, so that hopefully, I myself don't have to deal with that particular email again. I now realize that this line of thinking has become laughable because it's quite obvious that Microsoft pays the reporting no mind. The rules no longer work or even have the capability of being EDITED? WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? I keep as much as possible private and disconnected on this account simply because no one will ever convince me that these b*stards aren't profiting from our annoyance. Sadly, however, this is an old account which I cannot simply dissolve. Otherwise, to hell with MS! Do I recommend Outlook? ABSOLUTELY NOT!