New spam emails that no mater what rules I set up to block them, they still keep coming into my email

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New spam emails that no mater what rules I set up to block them, they still keep coming into my email

Ed1 45

Hello, recently I started getting spam email from russian spammer that I did not sign up to receive with the domain name, starlinko.online. I contacted the abuse email that shows when I look up the owner of the domain name, and I haven't gotten one single reply. The abuse email has an "ru" as a top level domain, showing it is in russia. So they apparently know the registrant is sending spam, and don't intend to do anything about it.

When I open the source code of the spam emails, I can see the email address its coming from, with dozens of letters and numbers in front of the @ and dozens of letters and numbers between @ and the domain name, starlinko.online. The letters and numbers change with each email I get from them, making it impossible to block the email address.

In the past when I got spam emails, If I couldn't block their email address, I would set up rules that would block the spam emails based on the subject line, or parts of the body of the email. But for some reason I can't figure out, no mater how many rules I set up that include the exact subject line and exact sentences from the body, those email just keep coming into my email.

If there is anyone who knows anything about this issue, and can help me block these spam emails, please respond with any helpful answers regarding this issue.

Thank you,

Edward

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EmilyS726 266.1K Independent Advisor

Hello

The rules are specifically for inbox only. If the email is already in your spam/junk folder, the rule will not automatically apply. The junk folder is technically being treated like a "deleted" folder anyway, since emails there are automatically deleted when they reach 10 days old, whereas the deleted folder deletes automatically when items are 30 days old.

You can however, run the rule manually. Choose the run rule now and the pop up window will have the option to allow you to manually choose to apply the rule to the junk folder.

Ed1 45 Reputation points

2026-04-24T12:50:08.0766667+00:00

In the past every rule I set up, including rules for emails in my junk folder, always worked to block them from coming into my junk folder too.

However, I did not know that by choosing to run the rule now, that I would have the option to allow me to manually choose to apply the rule to the junk folder too. I am going to try that now.
TD6 0 Reputation points

2026-05-08T19:19:08.86+00:00

manually running the rule does not work!
Hornblower409 14,915 Reputation points

2026-05-09T17:18:23.1866667+00:00

@TD6 said

manually running the rule does not work

Using Run Rule Now on your Junk folder to clear out the garbage will work, but it can be tricky to get right.

See the Answer by "Hornblower409 Apr 18, 2026" in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5863133/junk-phishing-emails-from-ending-in-online-rule-do

If you still can't get it to work, please post a screen shot of the Rule you are using and we'll try to figure out what's wrong.

Another option is to use a Search string to find the garbage in your Junk Folder so you can manually mass delete it.

See the Answer by "Hornblower409 on Nov 1, 2025 in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5541361/autoworkscoll-com-is-the-latest-abusive-domain-sen?page=2

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Ed1 45 Reputation points

2026-04-24T12:50:08.0766667+00:00

In the past every rule I set up, including rules for emails in my junk folder, always worked to block them from coming into my junk folder too.

However, I did not know that by choosing to run the rule now, that I would have the option to allow me to manually choose to apply the rule to the junk folder too. I am going to try that now.
TD6 0 Reputation points

2026-05-08T19:19:08.86+00:00

manually running the rule does not work!
Hornblower409 14,915 Reputation points

2026-05-09T17:18:23.1866667+00:00

@TD6 said

manually running the rule does not work

Using Run Rule Now on your Junk folder to clear out the garbage will work, but it can be tricky to get right.

See the Answer by "Hornblower409 Apr 18, 2026" in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5863133/junk-phishing-emails-from-ending-in-online-rule-do

If you still can't get it to work, please post a screen shot of the Rule you are using and we'll try to figure out what's wrong.

Another option is to use a Search string to find the garbage in your Junk Folder so you can manually mass delete it.

See the Answer by "Hornblower409 on Nov 1, 2025 in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5541361/autoworkscoll-com-is-the-latest-abusive-domain-sen?page=2

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M R 0

This is a substantial issue with Microsoft Email systems. Especially if you are Family sharing the email. There is nothing more vulgar and digsuting than some weirdo on the other side of the internet sending people ads for Boner Pills, or ads for Prostitution.

When a person puts in a FILTER that states a specific WORD or phrase to BLOCK, it should be DELETED and not just dumped into the Junk inbox.

Doing a reverse search investigation on my email address, Adobe sold my email address out to THOUSANDS of people sometime ago and given the accounts that I use with that email address I cant just up and close the email address.

Microsoft needs to stop being an enabler and start actually filtering suggestive harmful content. I get hundreds and hunrdeds of spams from rusmika.space, canadian pharmacy, "Russian single hotties", tons of fake phishing emails and you'd think Microsoft would use the hundreds of filters I have put in there where if the SUBJECT or an address contains such words it would flush it out. Nothing like having a private family email address FLOODED with explicit 18+ sign-ups.

Hornblower409 14,915 Reputation points

2026-08-13T23:10:45.4266667+00:00

@M R said

This is a substantial issue with Microsoft Email systems.

We all agree with you. But at the moment there is not much we can do about it.

All I can suggest is that you look at the Answer by "Hornblower409 Apr 23, 2026" in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5867493/how-to-solve-receiving-a-huge-number-of-spam-email

That Answer has instructions for how to vote for some Feature Request that would give users more control over their Junk folder and some suggestions for MANUAL processes you can use to pick out and Delete any "known" Spam from the Junk folder so you don't have so much to sift thru looking for legitimate emails.