Junk Emails Suddenly going to Inbox Feb 2023

Anonymous
2023-02-20T11:38:13+00:00

Hi, I had my hotmail account for over 20 years and I never had an issue like this. As of this morning at 4am ALL of my junk emails are going to my inbox. No settings have been amended.

Since I've had this account for many years every 5 minutes I receive a junk in my inbox. Ive searched for a solution online but all I can see is for outlook and not outlook/hotmail 365. I've tried everything at this point, from rules to flagging wit no help. Has anyone experienced the same? Microsoft doesnt seem to have a customer service team to help?

Many thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T18:31:03+00:00

    Same thing happened to me since 1:15am EST on 2/20/23 - tons of junk mail in my inbox. But there's still tons of junkmail going into my junk mailbox, too. Something is definitely wrong. Over 500 of us have tagged it as "I'm having the same issue" in the past few hours.

    Maybe related, back in October a lot of emails from contacts started going into junk mail; no matter what I do to tag those addresses as safe senders, it has kept happening. So screening my junk mail has now become a time wasting task each day. I've been on hotmail forever, I guess this is truly the sign that it's time to change emails and get used to gmail . . .

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T18:32:43+00:00

    Same issue as the others. had my account for years. now getting spam flooding onto my inbox.

    phone company cannot help due to the fact it is not their issue. Appears only option is that I Will have to delete my account.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T18:58:16+00:00

    I never click those. I go to my account and check login activity there.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T19:01:52+00:00

    Same thing happened to me. Junk is going to inbox and inbox is going to junk. I've had my account since hotmail started over 20 years ago. With all the people complaining on the same day about this same problem, I'm sure it's a system problem. I hope it's fixed asap.

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