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GeneL56
Jul 24, 2026Copper Contributor
Outlook Groups: who can send an email?
In my personal Outlook email account, I created a Group, me as the Owner, everyone else as a Member without Trusted Sender rights. However, at least one of the Members is able to send emails to the ...
GeneL56
Aug 03, 2026Copper Contributor
Surya, OK, I get it now. Yes, I thought Trusted Sender applied to my personal Group, not "outsiders".
This is what prompted the question: Members of my personal Group received a Group mailing which was an obivious phishing attempt (promotional email for Louis Vitton purses) and the Sender was identified as my Group Name (paperroute). However, being suspicious, when I clicked on the paperroute name, it showed an individual's gmail account who was not part of the Group. Again, at the time of occurrence, the Group had no Trusted Senders listed. So, how would this outsider be able to send all the Group this phishing email? Thank you !