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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-17T20:06:15+00:00

    I used to block all the junk emails until I got a message from Microsoft telling me there was no more room for them. I had to empty my blocked senders list. Blocking junk didn't reduce the number I was getting anyway, so now I no longer bother. Instead I leave it and let Microsoft empty the folder after 10 days, by which time there are well over 1000 sitting there! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/troubleshoot/junk-email/outlook-error-over-junk-emial-list-limit

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-23T03:07:21+00:00

    Also having this issue. Had my hotmail since 2001 and never had a problem with Junk. Now I am getting 50+ a day into my inbox. Insanely annoying

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-03T13:40:25+00:00

    Same...wish someone from Office/MSN would chime in here...27pp of the same error. Meanwhile my gmail account gets zero spam!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-03T12:57:19+00:00

    I have outlook on my PC and like #steviek junk emails via my iPad “Mail” app get binned automatically but not on my PC outlook.

    Interestingly I was on holiday for 10 days and only took my iPad ie used “Mail” to download emails. On return home I expected to see a load of the spam emails on opening Outlook.

    To my surprise I didn’t have one spam email.

    It is now 2 days later and the same sourced junk emails have started to appear again. Ie the spam only started to arrive when I opened Outlook. To me this looks like hidden code embedded in the Outlook app. Which then generates a signal to the junk server so junk emails are sent. And at the same time allows it to by-pass the junk settings.

    I have tried repairing and restoring Outlook but it makes no difference. For me it affects one of my non-MS email accounts, my main account, which I have used for 20+ years

    Come on MS help us.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-03T15:29:10+00:00

    Same here

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