Junk email in inbox

[flutterby]

Micr,Outlook 2003, Exchange 2003
I have checked Cache it is enabled,
I have created a rule for spam to go to junk folder woeks for a moment.
I have deleted the rule.
I have recreated the profile. Altough it is filtering more spam, there is
still alot going straight to INBOX,
I have ran the Repair tool, I have also checked the mark as not junk. None
of this
working for me. Any other suggestions?

 

[dlw]

you know, the outlook junk filter is not 100%. Some junk mail will not be
identified as junk and will still end up in the inbox.

 

[Joe Grover]

Unfortunately there is no 100% solution for spam. The more aggressive a
stance you take the more likely you are to have "false positives" (messages
that are not spam being marked as spam).

If the Outlook Junk Email filter is not doing the trick to your satisfaction
you may want to look into third-party applications. Software such as
Cloudmark Desktop as well as Sunbelt Software's IHateSpam are popular, and
there are also Outlook plugins (a google search for the words Outlook Spam
Filter yields many plugins for Outlook).

You can also go to www.download.com and search for the word "spam" and see
quite a few products, including staff and user reviews and links to download
trials (though some products are totally free).


Joe

 

[flutterby]

Thank you very much for the suggestions. The spam I recieve is clearly maked
[SPAM] SPAM: so I believe they should go to the junk email.

they are going into inbox.
Now even if they are marked spam, should some still continue to the inbox?

I am asking so I can be clear.

 

[Joe Grover]

If all of the messages that are making their way into the Inbox have [SPAM]
in their subject line, you could try creating a rule to filter out messages
containing [SPAM] in the Subject: line to your Deleted Items or Junk Mail
folders. The Junk Email folder in Outlook will not automatically filter out
anything with SPAM in the subject.



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Thank you very much for the suggestions. The spam I recieve is clearly
maked
[SPAM] SPAM: so I believe they should go to the junk email.

they are going into inbox.
Now even if they are marked spam, should some still continue to the inbox?

I am asking so I can be clear.

Unfortunately there is no 100% solution for spam. The more aggressive a
stance you take the more likely you are to have "false positives"
(messages
that are not spam being marked as spam).

If the Outlook Junk Email filter is not doing the trick to your
satisfaction
you may want to look into third-party applications. Software such as
Cloudmark Desktop as well as Sunbelt Software's IHateSpam are popular,
and
there are also Outlook plugins (a google search for the words Outlook
Spam
Filter yields many plugins for Outlook).

You can also go to www.download.com and search for the word "spam" and
see
quite a few products, including staff and user reviews and links to
download
trials (though some products are totally free).


Joe

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you very much for the suggestions. The spam I recieve is
clearly maked [SPAM] SPAM: so I believe they should go to the junk
email.

Outlook has never added the string "[SPAM]" as part of its junk email
detection. You have some add-in doing that and Outlook doesn't have the
same criteria as that add-in. Create a rule to test for that string in the
subject and move the message to the Junk E-mail folder.